Hard Work, Hard Times - Global Volatility and African Subjectivities (Paperback, New)

The description of Africa as a continent in perpetual crisis, ubiquitous in the popular media and in policy and development circles, is at once obvious and obfuscating. This collection by leading ethnographers moves beyond the rhetoric of African crisis to theorize people's everyday practices under volatile conditions not of their own making. From Ghanaian hiplife music to the U.S. 'diversity lottery' in Togo, from politicos in Cote d'Ivoire to squatters in South Africa, the essays in "Hard Work, Hard Times" uncover the imaginative ways in which African subjects make and remake themselves and their worlds, and thus make do, get by, get over, and sometimes thrive. The contributors include: Beth A. Buggenhagen, Stephen Jackson, Anne-Maria Makhulu, Mike McGovern, Charles Piot , Dorothea E. Schulz, and Jesse Weaver Shipley.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Global, Area, and International Archive
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	July 2010
Editors:	Anne-Maria Makhulu • Beth A. Buggenhagen • Stephen Jackson
Foreword by:	Simon Gikandi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-09874-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > African history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-09874-9
Barcode:	9780520098749

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