Generations in Africa Connections and Conflicts |
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| Author:
| Alber, Erdmute
Geest, Sjaak van der |
| Editor:
| Whyte, Susan Reynolds |
| Series title: | Beitrage Zur Afrikaforschung Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8258-0715-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | Lit Verlag
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Though long neglected in anthropological research, the connections and conflicts between generations are at the heart of social processes. In this book, sixteen studies examine relations between generations of kin and between historical and political generations. The topics range from grandmother's cooking, migrant remittances, youth unemployment, teenage pregnancy, Valentine's Day, and hip hop music, to respect, religious virtue, gerontocracy, memory, wisdom, complaint, and the...
More DescriptionThough long neglected in anthropological research, the connections and conflicts between generations are at the heart of social processes. In this book, sixteen studies examine relations between generations of kin and between historical and political generations. The topics range from grandmother's cooking, migrant remittances, youth unemployment, teenage pregnancy, Valentine's Day, and hip hop music, to respect, religious virtue, gerontocracy, memory, wisdom, complaint, and the meaning of tradition. Together they reinvigorate and expand the old anthropological interest in generation, showing how necessary it is to understanding contemporary African societies.