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Strength beyond structure : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa, edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
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- Summary
- Drawing on a range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 344 pages)
- Contents
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- Figures; Maps; Photographs; Preface; 1 Social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa: An introduction (Rijk van Dijk, Mirjam de Bruijn & Jan-Bart Gewald); 2 Manchester as the birth place of modern agency research: The Manchester School explained from the perspective of Evans-Pritchard's Book The Nuer (Wim van Binsbergen); 3 Dreams and agency during Angola's War of Independence (Inge Brinkman); 4 Chief Hosea Kutako: A Herero royal and Namibian nationalist's life against confinement 1870-1970 (Jan-Bart Gewald); 5 Agency in Kapsiki religion: A comparative approach (Wouter van Beek)
- 6 Les enveloppes pour Papa Daniel: La transformation des relations domestiques dans les ménages des Congolais de la diaspora (Julie Ndaya)7 From individual act to social agency in San trance rituals (Thomas Widlok); 8 The dynamics of families, their work and provisioning strategies in the changing economies in the urban townships of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Otrude N. Moyo); 9 Images of Africa: Agency and nature conservation in South Africa (Malcolm Draper, Marja Spierenburg & Harry Wels); 10 Solitary births in Téra, Niger: A local quest for safety (Gertie Janssen)
- 11 Agency in and from the margins: Street children and youth in N'djaména, Chad (Mirjam de Bruijn)12 Negotiating the memory of Fulbe hierarchy among mobile elite women (Lotte Pelckmans); 13 The safe and suffering body in transnational Ghanaian Pentecostalism; Towards an anthropology of vulnerable agency (Rijk van Dijk); Epilogue Theorizing agency in and on Africa: The questions are key (Francis B. Nyamnjoh); List of Authors
- Isbn
- 9781281921246
- Label
- Strength beyond structure : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa
- Title
- Strength beyond structure
- Title remainder
- social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
- Subject
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- Subsaharisches Afrika
- Africa
- Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
- Afrika
- Afrika
- Agency theorie
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Geschichte.
- Gesellschaft
- Gestaltungsfreiheit
- Handlungsfähigkeit
- Handlungskompetenz
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology
- Politik
- Since 1960
- Social Conditions
- Social Sciences
- Social conditions
- Sociale verandering
- Sociology & Social History
- Soziale Situation
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Drawing on a range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- Dewey number
- 302.096
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- One paper in French
- LC call number
- HN773.5
- LC item number
- .S77 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1962-
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Bruijn, Mirjam de
- Dijk, Rijk van
- Gewald, Jan-Bart
- Series statement
- African dynamics,
- Series volume
- v. 6
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Africa
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Social conditions
- Africa
- Gesellschaft
- Soziale Situation
- Afrika
- Gestaltungsfreiheit
- Handlungskompetenz
- Handlungsfähigkeit
- Politik
- Subsaharisches Afrika
- Agency theorie
- Sociale verandering
- Afrika
- Sociology & Social History
- Social Sciences
- Social Conditions
- Label
- Strength beyond structure : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa, edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Figures; Maps; Photographs; Preface; 1 Social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa: An introduction (Rijk van Dijk, Mirjam de Bruijn & Jan-Bart Gewald); 2 Manchester as the birth place of modern agency research: The Manchester School explained from the perspective of Evans-Pritchard's Book The Nuer (Wim van Binsbergen); 3 Dreams and agency during Angola's War of Independence (Inge Brinkman); 4 Chief Hosea Kutako: A Herero royal and Namibian nationalist's life against confinement 1870-1970 (Jan-Bart Gewald); 5 Agency in Kapsiki religion: A comparative approach (Wouter van Beek)
- 6 Les enveloppes pour Papa Daniel: La transformation des relations domestiques dans les ménages des Congolais de la diaspora (Julie Ndaya)7 From individual act to social agency in San trance rituals (Thomas Widlok); 8 The dynamics of families, their work and provisioning strategies in the changing economies in the urban townships of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Otrude N. Moyo); 9 Images of Africa: Agency and nature conservation in South Africa (Malcolm Draper, Marja Spierenburg & Harry Wels); 10 Solitary births in Téra, Niger: A local quest for safety (Gertie Janssen)
- 11 Agency in and from the margins: Street children and youth in N'djaména, Chad (Mirjam de Bruijn)12 Negotiating the memory of Fulbe hierarchy among mobile elite women (Lotte Pelckmans); 13 The safe and suffering body in transnational Ghanaian Pentecostalism; Towards an anthropology of vulnerable agency (Rijk van Dijk); Epilogue Theorizing agency in and on Africa: The questions are key (Francis B. Nyamnjoh); List of Authors
- Control code
- 648557495
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 344 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281921246
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/ej.9789004156968.i-345
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)648557495
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Strength beyond structure : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa, edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Figures; Maps; Photographs; Preface; 1 Social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa: An introduction (Rijk van Dijk, Mirjam de Bruijn & Jan-Bart Gewald); 2 Manchester as the birth place of modern agency research: The Manchester School explained from the perspective of Evans-Pritchard's Book The Nuer (Wim van Binsbergen); 3 Dreams and agency during Angola's War of Independence (Inge Brinkman); 4 Chief Hosea Kutako: A Herero royal and Namibian nationalist's life against confinement 1870-1970 (Jan-Bart Gewald); 5 Agency in Kapsiki religion: A comparative approach (Wouter van Beek)
- 6 Les enveloppes pour Papa Daniel: La transformation des relations domestiques dans les ménages des Congolais de la diaspora (Julie Ndaya)7 From individual act to social agency in San trance rituals (Thomas Widlok); 8 The dynamics of families, their work and provisioning strategies in the changing economies in the urban townships of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Otrude N. Moyo); 9 Images of Africa: Agency and nature conservation in South Africa (Malcolm Draper, Marja Spierenburg & Harry Wels); 10 Solitary births in Téra, Niger: A local quest for safety (Gertie Janssen)
- 11 Agency in and from the margins: Street children and youth in N'djaména, Chad (Mirjam de Bruijn)12 Negotiating the memory of Fulbe hierarchy among mobile elite women (Lotte Pelckmans); 13 The safe and suffering body in transnational Ghanaian Pentecostalism; Towards an anthropology of vulnerable agency (Rijk van Dijk); Epilogue Theorizing agency in and on Africa: The questions are key (Francis B. Nyamnjoh); List of Authors
- Control code
- 648557495
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 344 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281921246
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1163/ej.9789004156968.i-345
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)648557495
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Subsaharisches Afrika
- Africa
- Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
- Afrika
- Afrika
- Agency theorie
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Geschichte.
- Gesellschaft
- Gestaltungsfreiheit
- Handlungsfähigkeit
- Handlungskompetenz
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology
- Politik
- Since 1960
- Social Conditions
- Social Sciences
- Social conditions
- Sociale verandering
- Sociology & Social History
- Soziale Situation
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