| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 196 pages) |
| Series |
Art, culture & society ; v. 2 |
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Art, culture & society series ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
Culture, gender inequality and women's rights in the Great Lakes / Kimani Njogu & Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui -- Disability rhetorics and identity in Kenya / Mbugua Wa-Mungai -- "Lemme do m'thing" : objective possibilities for social meaning and re-visioning youth identity through pop-music / Michael Wainaina -- Sheng as a youth identity marker : reality or misconception? / Nathan Oyori Ogechi -- Me, my Kenya and I / Charles A. Matathia -- Performing identity in Kiswahili literature / Richard Makhanu Wafula -- Culture, religion, and identity / Mary N. Getui -- Circulation of media texts and identity (de)constructions in the post-colony / Christopher Odhiambo Joseph -- Identity, sports, and leisure in contemporary Kenyan society / Mwangi Peter Wanderi -- Slaying settler Williams : crafting identity in Ngugi's Matigari / Garnette Oluoch-Olunya -- The Talai : the end of a dynasty / Bill Rutto -- Sing me a life : music as a people's identity / Emily Achieng' Akuno |
| Summary |
This book brings together essays which cover a number of key areas: Gender, Disability, Media, Sports, Literature, Religion, Land and Youth Music. Through an examination of the situation in Kenya, the essays opens new ways of understanding forms of local |
| Notes |
Also published with same ISBN, title, published, but without chapters 9-11 (xviii, 158 p.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication and culture -- Kenya
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Ethnopsychology -- Kenya
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Identity (Psychology) -- Kenya
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African history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Communication and culture
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Ethnopsychology
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Identity (Psychology)
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Kulturelle Identität
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Kenya
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Kenia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Njogu, Kimani
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| ISBN |
9789966028037 |
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996602803X |
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9789966028013 |
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9966028013 |
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