Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: African perspectives
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript 2012
Series:Global studies
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Online Access:UBG01
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Item Description:Online-Ausg. 2014 erschienen
Biographical note: Hans Peter Hahn (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches Anthropology at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (Germany). His research interests include urban societies in Africa, migration and mobility and the impact of globalization in Africa. Kristin Kastner (Dr. phil.) is research assistant at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (Germany). She has recently completed her doctoral thesis on Nigerian migrants on their way to Europe. Her research interests include the anthropology of the body, anthropology of borders, mobility and migration.; Review quote: Besprochen in: UniReport, 4 (2012) Diplomatisches Magazin, 2 (2013)
Long description: Urban agglomerations host the most vital and creative societies. This applies particularly to Africa, where cities have the highest growth rates world-wide and where the urban population is younger than anywhere else. Urban life-worlds are the basis for the development of new lifestyles and new cultural phenomena. Based on empirical ethnographic research, this book presents case studies that enhance our understanding of the dynamics of urbanity in Africa and beyond - by envisioning cities as crossroads where cultures, biographies and networks meet
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (228 S.) Ill.
ISBN:9783839420225

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