Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria
(Part of the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Series)
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An important contribution to the debate on forms of civil society in Africa and elsewhere, and to the global literature on dissent. In Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria, Ebenezer Obadare offers an innovative perspective on the idea and reality of civil society. Mobilizing a wide range of concepts and insights from political science, African studies, sociology, cultural studies, media studies, anthropology, communications theory, and international development, Obadare develops a notion of civil society that radically departs from the literature's axiomatic focus on voluntary civic associations and focuses instead on more informal strategies of resistance, such as humor and silence. Compellingly argued, Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria raises provocative questions on a topic of keen importance for students, scholars, and policymakers. Ebenezer Obadare is professor of sociology at the University of Kansas. He is coeditor of Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century(James Currey, 2014).
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:158046551X
ISBN13:9781580465519
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:University of Rochester Press
Length:188 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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