Borderlands and frontiers in Africa

著者

• Wolputte, Steven van

書誌事項

Borderlands and frontiers in Africa

edited by Steven van Wolputte

（Afrikanische Studien, Bd. 40）

Lit, c2013

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This volume addresses the marked influence that African borders and boundaries, whether real or imaginary, have on the lives of those inhabiting the borderland. How do political and symbolic borders take concrete shape, and how do they bear on daily life? Conversely, how does life in the borderland shape the borders that characterize it? The book recognizes borderlands as shifting places, times, or domains where competing discourses and regimes of power overlap. Characterized by overt contradiction and paradox, they are often imagined at the outside. Yet, they pertain to and define the center. The collected case studies challenge the assumption that states and anonymized institutions are the principal actors in border-making. Instead, they argue for an actor-oriented perspective, while drawing attention to the "physicality" of the borderscape. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 40)

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB13684872
• ISBN:
  • 9783643903334
• 出版国コード: sz
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Zürich
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 240 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 320.12096
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Borderlands -- Social aspects -- Africa -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Boundaries -- Social aspects -- Africa -- Case studies
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA25229424