Social Im/mobilities in Africa - Группа авторов
| Автор: | Группа авторов |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
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| Жанр произведения: | Культурология |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781789204865 |
Grounded in both theory and ethnography, this volume insists on taking social positionality seriously when accounting for Africa’s current age of polarizing wealth. To this end, the book advocates a multidimensional view of African societies, in which social positions consist of a variety of intersecting social powers – or ‘capitals’ – including wealth, education, social relationships, religion, ethnicity, and others. Accordingly, the notion of social im/mobilities emphasizes the complexities of current changes, taking us beyond the prism of a one-dimensional social ladder, for social moves cannot always be apprehended through the binaries of ‘gains’ and ‘losses’.