{"product_id":"modernization-as-spectacle-in-africa-paperback-softback-9780253012296","title":"Modernization As Spectacle in Africa (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253012296","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModernization As Spectacle in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter J. Bloom (Edited by), Stephan F. Miescher (Edited by), Takyiwaa Manuh (Edited by), Percy Hintzen (Contributions by), Andrew Apter (Contributions by), Rosaleen Smyth (Contributions by), Aaron Windel (Contributions by), Mhoze Chikowero (Contributions by), Julia Tischler (Contributions by), Gabrielle Hecht (Contributions by), Jean Allman (Contributions by), Nathan Plageman (Contributions by), Christina McMahon (Contributions by), Nana Wilson-Tagoe (Contributions by), Aida Mbowa (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253012296\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.658 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a varied collection of fifteen sole-authored chapters on modernization as spectacle, an area that has attracted little research to date . . . [A] good read.Feb. 2016\u003c\/p\u003e (Africa)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. Since then, the rhetoric of modernization has pervaded policy, culture, and development, lending a kind of political theatricality to nationalist framings of modernization and Africans' perceptions of their place in the global economy. These 15 essays address governance, production, and social life; the role of media; and the discourse surrounding large-scale development projects, revealing modernization's deep effects on the expressive culture of Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Modernization as Spectacle in Africa\u003cbr\u003eStephan F. Miescher, Peter J. Bloom, and Takyiwaa Manuh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I. Modernization and the Origins of the Package\u003cbr\u003e1. After Modernization: Globalization and the African Dilemma\u003cbr\u003ePercy C. Hintzen\u003cbr\u003e2. Modernization Theory and the Figure of Blindness: Filial Reflections \u003cbr\u003eAndrew Apter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II. Media, Modernity, and Modernization\u003cbr\u003e3. Film as Instrument of Modernization and Social Change in Africa: The Long View\u003cbr\u003eRosaleen Smyth\u003cbr\u003e4. Mass Education, Cooperation, and the \"African Mind\"\u003cbr\u003eAaron Windel\u003cbr\u003e5. Is Propaganda Modernity? Press and Radio for \"Africans\" in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi during World War II and its Aftermath\u003cbr\u003eMhoze Chikowero\u003cbr\u003e6. Elocution, Englishness, and Empire: Film and Radio in Late Colonial Ghana\u003cbr\u003ePeter J. Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III. Infrastructure and Effects\u003cbr\u003e7. Negotiating Modernization: The Kariba Dam Project in the Central African Federation, c. 1954-1960\u003cbr\u003eJulia Tischler\u003cbr\u003e8. \"No One Should Be Worse Off\": The Akosombo Dam, Modernization, and the Experience of Resettlement in Ghana\u003cbr\u003eStephan F. Miescher\u003cbr\u003e9. Radioactive Excess: Modernization as Spectacle and Betrayal in Postcolonial Gabon\u003cbr\u003eGabrielle Hecht\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV. Institutional Training in Nkrumah's Ghana\u003cbr\u003e10. Modeling Modernity: The Brief Story of Kwame Nkrumah, a Nazi Pilot Named Hanna, and the Wonders of Motorless Flight\u003cbr\u003eJean Allman\u003cbr\u003e11. The African Personality Dances Highlife: Popular Music, Urban Youth, and Cultural Modernization in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1957-1965\u003cbr\u003eNate Plageman\u003cbr\u003e12. Building Institutions for the New Africa: The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana\u003cbr\u003eTakyiwaa Manuh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V. Modernization and the Literary Imagination\u003cbr\u003e13. Theatre and the Politics of Display: The Tragedy of King Christophe at Senegal's First World Festival of Negro Arts\u003cbr\u003eChristina S. McMahon\u003cbr\u003e14. Re-Engaging Narratives of Modernization in Contemporary African Literature\u003cbr\u003eNana Wilson-Tagoe\u003cbr\u003e15. Between Nationalism and Pan-Africanism: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Theater and the Art and Politics of Modernizing African Culture\u003cbr\u003eAida Mbowa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523889623320,"sku":"9780253012296","price":22.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modernization-as-spectacle-in-africa-paperback-softback-9780253012296","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}