Bibliograph

Humor, silence, and civil society in Nigeria, Ebenezer Obadare

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Label

Humor, silence, and civil society in Nigeria, Ebenezer Obadare

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Humor, silence, and civil society in Nigeria

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

950964799

Responsibility statement

Ebenezer Obadare

Series statement

Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, volume 69Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

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 associate professorof sociology at the University of Kansas. He is coeditor of Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century (James Currey, 2014).--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: on the terms of a debate -- A terrain of contention -- An African discourse -- The uses of levity -- Siddon look

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