Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria (Rochester

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Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 69)

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).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On the Terms of a Debate
A Terrain of Contention
An African Discourse
The Uses of Levity
Siddon Look
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Country USA
Brand University of Rochester Press
Manufacturer University of Rochester Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2016-02-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781580465519

Country	USA
Brand	University of Rochester Press
Manufacturer	University of Rochester Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2016-02-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781580465519

Humor, Silence, and Civil Society in Nigeria (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 69)

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