TY  - BOOK
AU  - edited by Peter J. Bloom
TI  - Modernization as spectacle in Africa
SN  - 9780253012296
U1  - 960.32MOD 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Economic development--Social aspects--Africa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. Since then, the rhetoric of modernization has pervaded policy, culture, and development, lending a kind of political theatricality to nationalist framings of modernization and Africans? perceptions of their place in the global economy. These 15 essays address governance, production, and social life; the role of media; and the discourse surrounding large-scale development projects, revealing modernization's deep effects on the expressive culture of Africa
ER  -