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Author Straker, Jay, 1967-

Title Youth, nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution / Jay Straker
Published Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations, map
Series African systems of thought
African systems of thought.
Contents Introduction: Whose re-imagined community? -- Imagining and instituting a new youth -- Envisioning youth across the border of independence -- Ideologies of schooling, teachers' authority, and cultural revolution -- The rise of militant theater -- Ventures and misadventures in the revolutionary forest -- Construing and constructing the nation's margins : troubles with the forest and forestiers -- Forestier itineraries across revolutionary pedagogical domains -- Forestier stories of militant theater : discovering the motives and moralities of a revolutionary state -- Conclusion: Nationalism and memory after the revolution
Summary How youth-centered ambition destroyed the ideals of nationhood in Guinea
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Youth -- Political activity -- Guinea -- History -- 20th century
Political socialization -- Guinea -- History -- 20th century
Social classes -- Guinea -- History -- 20th century
Theater and state -- Guinea -- History -- 20th century
Nationalism -- Guinea -- History -- 20th century
Postcolonialism -- Guinea
Revolutions and socialism -- Guinea
HISTORY.
Autonomy and independence movements
Manners and customs
Nationalism
Political socialization
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
Revolutions and socialism
Social classes
Social conditions
Theater and state
Youth -- Political activity
SUBJECT Guinea -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Guinea -- Politics and government -- 1958-1984. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057774
Guinea -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Guinea -- Social life and customs
Subject Guinea
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780253002723
0253002729
1282103318
9781282103313
9786612103315
6612103310