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What role does ritual play in the everyday lives of modern Africans? How are so-called "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver on its promises?
Some of the essays in Modernity and Its Malcontents address familiar anthropological issues—like witchcraft, myth, and the politics of reproduction—but treat them in fresh ways, situating them amidst the polyphonies of contemporary Africa. Others explore distinctly nontraditional subjects—among them the Nigerian popular press and soul-eating in Niger—in such a way as to confront the conceptual limits of Western social science. Together they demonstrate how ritual may be powerfuly mobilized in the making of history, present, and future.
Addressing challenges posed by contemporary African realities, the authors subject such concepts as modernity, ritual, power, and history to renewed critical scrutiny. Writing about a variety of phenomena, they are united by a wish to preserve the diversity and historical specificity of local signs and practices, voices and perspectives. Their work makes a substantial and original contribution toward the historical anthropology of Africa.
The contributors, all from the Africanist circle at the University of Chicago, are Adeline Masquelier, Deborah Kaspin, J. Lorand Matory, Ralph A. Austen, Andrew Apter, Misty L. Bastian, Mark Auslander, and Pamela G. Schmoll.
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Jean Comaroff is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology and an Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies at Harvard University. For more information, visit https: //www.jeancomaroff.com/.
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Condition: Bueno. : Modernity and Its Malcontents explora el papel del ritual en la vida cotidiana de los africanos modernos y cómo las formas culturales tradicionales son utilizadas por personas que buscan empoderamiento en un mundo donde la modernidad no ha cumplido sus promesas. Los ensayos abordan temas antropológicos como la brujería y el mito, situándolos en el contexto de África contemporánea, y examinan temas no tradicionales como la prensa popular nigeriana y el consumo de almas en Níger. En conjunto, demuestran cómo el ritual puede ser movilizado en la historia, el presente y el futuro, desafiando conceptos como modernidad, ritual, poder e historia. EAN: 9780226114408 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Modernity and Its Malcontents Autor: Jean Comaroff| John L. Comaroff Editorial: University of Chicago Press Idioma: en Páginas: 272 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-12-02-84255ad2
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