Social Im/mobilities in Africa

Ethnographic Approaches

236 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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'.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781805391302
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.11.2023
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Joël Noret