ISBN:
0-521-52446-6
,
978-0-521-52446-9
,
0-521-49551-2 /Hb.
,
978-0-521-49551-6 /Hb.
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 278 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First paperback edition
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 87
Keywords:
Kongo, Brazzaville Kolonialgeschichte
;
Geschichte
;
Alltag
;
Fußball
;
Lebensstil
;
Brazzaville
Abstract:
In this book, Phyllis Martin, a well-known Africanist scholar, opens up a whole new field of African research: the leisure activities of urban Africans. Her comprehensive study, set in colonial Brazzaville and based on a wide variety of written sources and interviews, investigates recreational activities from football and fashion to music, dance and night life. In it, she brings out the ways in which these activities built social networks, humanised daily life and forged new identities, and explains how they ultimately helped to remake older traditions and values with new cultural forms. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of plates -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 - An African crossroads, a frontier post and a colonial town, c. 1880-1915 -- 2 - Taking hold of the town, c. 1915-1960 -- 3 - The emergence of leisure -- 4 - Football is king -- 5 - About the town -- 6 - Dressing well -- 7 - High society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 248-272
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