Rethinking age in Africa : colonial, post-colonial, and contemporary interpretations of cultural representations / edited By Mario I. Aguilar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aguilar, Mario I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Age groups--Africa.

Age groups.

Aging--Social aspects--Africa.

Aging.

Older people--Africa--Social conditions.

Older people.

Intergenerational relations--Africa.

Intergenerational relations.

Social change--Africa.

Social change.

Social conditions.

Aging--Social aspects.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--1960-.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: The present and the past of age notions within historical anthropology : the status quaestionis / Mario I. Aguilar

Where one sleeps matters : Fipa markers of cultural growth in Tanzania / Kathleen R. Smythe

Mobility and discipline : colonial age discourse in Tanzania / Thomas Burgess

'Have you heard the words of the elders?' : senior Bamana women's adaptations to culture change in rural Mali / Julianne E. Freeman

Gender, age and power : hierarchy and liminality among Abaluyia women of Kenya / Maria G. Cattell

'Treat your elders with kindness and respect' : cultural constructions of age among middle class Cairene Egyptians / Bahira Sherif

Perceptions of age : conviction, contest and controversy in Sidama / Seyoum Hameso

Changing roles of the Igbo elderly : a response to Nigerian modernization / Stella Herzog

Ancestrality and age conflicts in Black- African societies / Theophilos Rifiotis

Genealogy and the artist's archive : strategies of autobiography and documentation in the work of a South African artist / Jennifer Law

Age, art and cosmology : narratives of self and society in the work of Cuthy Mede / Laurel Birch de Aguilar

Rethinking age and the culture of the young pastoralist in Garba Tulla, Kenya / Mario I. Aguilar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1592214940

1592214959

OCLC:

68786711