The Bulldozer and the Word : Culture at Work in Postcolonial Nairobi
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631523572
ISBN-13
9783631523575
Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH
Imprint
Peter Lang GmbH
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 2nd, 2004
Print length
198 Pages
Weight
266 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 21.00 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
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This book examines the operating of cultural work in postcolonial Nairobi from the view that it drives modernity, survival and processes of empowerment. It depicts a city of global and spatial aspirations, divided by a past that transcends its present. It is a neo-colonial and acquisitive city; Western cultural institutions dominate the marketplace. An associative aspect is the gendered city space (streets, bars, pubs), which is overwhelmingly masculine. The book demonstrates that women’s marginalisation impacts variously on the city’s texts, its fiction, theatre, and the iconography of the Matatu vehicle. The major theme of the book is the struggle for cultural recognition and authority. Strategies of social and political accommodation coalesce both creatively and antagonistically in this formulation of Kenyan self-identification.
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