African alternatives / edited by Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel, Leo de Haan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chabal, Patrick, 1951-

Engel, Ulf.

Haan, Leo de.

Series:

African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 2.

African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1574-6925 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--1960-.

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of articles aims to stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity and to go beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances by analyzing those initiatives that offer alternatives to the prevailing paradigms. It moves away from African ‘victimhood’ by stressing African ‘agency’ and by demonstrating that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. This is further detailed in the context of the literary contest between local and global; of issues of land rights and property; of livelihoods and poverty; of the popular culture; of demystifying African migrations; the changing parameters of territoriality; and the dynamics of the tourist encounter.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal

Introduction / Patrick Chabal , Ulf Engel and Leo De Haan

Social And Historical Trajectories Of Agency In Africa / Mirjam De Bruijn , Rijk Van Dijk and Jan-Bart Gewald

On The Powers And Limits Of Literature / Alain Ricard

Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa / Carola Lentz

Studies In African Livelihoods: Current Issues And Future Prospects / Leo De Haan

Politics, Popular Culture And Livelihood Strategies Among Young Men In A Nairobi Slum / Bodil Folke Frederiksen

African Migrations: Continuities, Discontinuities And Recent Transformations / Oliver Bakewell and Hein De Haas

Migration As Reterritorialization: Migrant Movement, Sovereignty And Authority In Contemporary Southern Africa / Scarlett Cornelissen

Approaching African Tourism: Paradigms And Paradoxes / Walter Van Beek

List Of Contributors / Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal

Index / Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93626-X

9786611936266

90-474-2093-4

OCLC:

302457439

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004161139.i-185 DOI