Modernity Bluff - Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Cte D''ivoire

Zusammenfassung In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself.

Product details

• Authors: Sasha Newell, Newell Sasha
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2012
• EAN: 9780226575193
• ISBN: 978-0-226-57519-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Consumerism, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ivory Coast