Moments of Freedom Anthropology and Popular Culture |
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| Author:
| Fabian, Johannes |
| Series title: | Page-Barbour Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1786-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.50 |
Book Description:
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In this volume, the author reflects on anthropological uses of the concept of popular culture. He retraces how his explorations of popular culture in the Shaba region of Zaire, now the Congo, showed that classical culture theory did not account for large aspects of contemporary African life.
In this volume, the author reflects on anthropological uses of the concept of popular culture. He retraces how his explorations of popular culture in the Shaba region of Zaire, now the Congo, showed that classical culture theory did not account for large aspects of contemporary African life.