ISBN:
978-1-58046-551-9
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 177 S.
Series Statement:
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora 69
Keywords:
Nigeria Zivilgesellschaft
;
Humor
;
Demokratie
;
Politik
Abstract:
In Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria, Ebenezer Obadare offers an innovative perspective on the idea and reality of civil society. Mobilizing a wide range of concepts and insights from political science, African studies, sociology, cultural studies, media studies, anthropology, communications theory, and international development, Obadare develops a notion of civil society that radically departs from the literature's axiomatic focus on voluntary civic associations and focuses instead on more informal strategies of resistance, such as humor and silence. Compellingly argued, Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria raises provocative questions on a topic of keen importance for students, scholars, and policymakers.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: on the terms of a debate -- A terrain of contention -- An African discourse -- The uses of levity -- Siddon look.
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