| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: urban theory and performative streetscapes -- Ga Akutso formation and the question of hybridity : the Afro-Brazilians (Tabon) of Accra -- The spatial fix : colonial administration, disaster management, and land-use distribution in early twentieth-century Accra -- Osu borla no, sardine chensii soo: Danes, Euro-Africans, and the transculturation of Os -- "The beautyful ones": tro-tro slogans, cell phone advertising, and the hallelujah chorus -- "Este loco, loco" : transnationalism and the shaping of Accra's salsa scene -- Pumping irony : gymming, the Kóbóló, and the cultural economy of free time -- The lettered city : literary representations of Accra -- Conclusion: on urban free time: Vladimir, Estragon, and Rem Koolhaas |
| Summary |
In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district and a microcosm of historical and urban processes that have made Accra the variegated and contradictory metropolis that it is today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Text in English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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Soziale Situation
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Gesellschaft
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Kultur
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Globalisierung
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Oxford Street (Accra, Ghana)
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Accra (Ghana) -- History
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Ghana -- Accra
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Ghana -- Accra -- Oxford Street
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Accra
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822376293 |
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0822376296 |
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1322029938 |
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9781322029931 |
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