The impact of electricity : development, desires and dilemmas / Tanja Winther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winther, Tanja.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural electrification--Social aspects--Tanzania.

Rural electrification.

Rural electrification--Economic aspects--Tanzania.

Sustainable development--Tanzania.

Sustainable development.

Power resources--Social aspects--Tanzania.

Power resources.

Power resources--Economic aspects--Tanzania.

Power resources--Environmental aspects--Tanzania.

Social structure--Tanzania.

Social structure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? This book examines the effects of electricity's arrival in an African, rural community. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Zanzibar at different points in time, the author provides a compelling account of the social implications in question. The rhythm of life changes and life is speeding up. Sexuality and marriage patterns are affected. And a range of social relations, e.g. between ge

Contents:

Powers of the past

The Rural Electrification Project (RUREL)

Electrifying Uroa

Discourses of development

The electricity company in the village

Uroa by night

Introducing objects of desire

Reorganising interior space

Negotiating tastes in food

Electricity makes a difference.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-777-0

1-282-62699-X

9786612626999

0-85745-063-8

OCLC:

645102053