POSTCOLONIAL AFRICAN CITIES. IMPERIAL LEGACIES AND POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT
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- EAN: 9780415454483
- ISBN: 978-0-415-45448-3
- Editorial: ROUTLEDGE
- Año de la edición: 2008
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 0 X 0 cm.
- Páginas: 156
- Materias:
urbanismo
países subdesarrollados
áfrica: arquitectura y arte
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The book focuses on contemporary African cities, caught in the contradiction of an imperial past and postcolonial present. The essays explore the cultural role of colonial architecture and urbanism in the production of meanings: in the inscription of power and discipline, as well as in the dynamic construction of identities. It is in these new dense urban spaces, with all their contradictions, that urban Africans are reworking their local identities, building families, and creating autonomous communities made fragile by neo-liberal states in a globalizing world.
