- We will send in 10–14 business days.
/images/books/12391302/9781848135086.jpg)
- Author: Garth Myers
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 256
- ISBN-10: 1848135084
- ISBN-13: 9781848135086
- Format: 17.3 x 22.4 x 2.4 cm, hardcover
- Language: English
- SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA
Reviews
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. He argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in both urban studies and African studies.
Cities in Africa are still either ignored - banished to a different, other, lesser category of not-quite cities - or held up as examples of all that can go wrong with urbanism in much of the mainstream and even critical urban literature. Myers instead encourages African studies and urban studies scholars across the world to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities with fresh eyes.
Touching on a diverse range of cities across Africa - from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Cape Town to Mogadishu, Kinshasa to Dakar - the book uses the author's own research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers and artists to help illuminate what is happening in and across the region's cities.
EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
The promotion ends in 20d.16:51:13
The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.
- Author: Garth Myers
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 256
- ISBN-10: 1848135084
- ISBN-13: 9781848135086
- Format: 17.3 x 22.4 x 2.4 cm, hardcover
- Language: English English
In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. He argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in both urban studies and African studies.
Cities in Africa are still either ignored - banished to a different, other, lesser category of not-quite cities - or held up as examples of all that can go wrong with urbanism in much of the mainstream and even critical urban literature. Myers instead encourages African studies and urban studies scholars across the world to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities with fresh eyes.
Touching on a diverse range of cities across Africa - from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Cape Town to Mogadishu, Kinshasa to Dakar - the book uses the author's own research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers and artists to help illuminate what is happening in and across the region's cities.
Reviews