Bibliograph

From water to wine, becoming middle class in Angola, Jess Auerbach

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From water to wine, becoming middle class in Angola, Jess Auerbach

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From water to wine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089567773

Responsibility statement

Jess Auerbach

Series statement

Teaching culture : UTP ethnographies for the classroom

Sub title

becoming middle class in Angola

Summary

"From Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is the middle class--defined in the book as those with a house, a car, and an education--and their consumption, aspirations, and hopes for their families. It is a book that takes as its starting point 'what is working in Angola?' rather than 'what is going wrong?' and makes a deliberate, political choice to give attention to beauty and happiness in everyday life in a country that has had an unusually troubled history. The book is uniquely structured: each chapter focuses on one of the five senses (smell, touch, taste, hearing, and sight, respectively) with the introduction and conclusion provoking reflection on proprioception (kinesthesia) and empathy respectively. A variety of media are employed--poetry, recipes, photos, comics, and other textual experiments--to engage readers and the senses. Written for a broad audience, this text is an excellent addition to classes on Africa, the Lusophone world, international development, sensory ethnography, and ethnographic writing."--, Provided by publisher

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