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Urban legends, colonial myths : popular culture and literature in East Africa / edited by James Ogude and Joyce Nyairo.
| Other author | Ogude, James. |
| Other author | Nyairo, Joyce. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©2007. |
| Description | vi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | East African popular culture : an introduction / James Ogude & Joyce Nyairo -- "Kaa masaa, grapple with spiders" : the myriad threads of Nairobi matatu discourse / Mbugua wa Mungai -- "We seek it here, we seek it there - that damn'd elusive nandi bear" / Elsie Cloete -- "Christening fiction" : sermonising "the popular" in Whispers / George Ogola -- Democrazy : laughter in Gado's editorial cartoons (1992-1999) / Grace A. Musila -- "Modify" : Jua Kali as a metaphor for Africa's urban ethnicities and cultures / Joyce Nyairo -- From the "English country garden" to "Makambo mibale" : popular culture in Kenya in the mid nineteen sixties / E.S. Atieno Odhiambo -- "The cat that ended up eating the homestead chicken" : murder, memory and fabulization in D.O. Misiani's Dissident music / James Ogude -- Popular culture in East African literature / Chris Wanjala -- Alternative moral economies, crime and violence in Kenyan popular fiction / Tom Odhiambo -- Romance, (in)visibility and agency in Grace Ogot's The strange bride and "The white veil" / Sophie Macharia -- "Chira" and HIV/AIDS : the (re)construction of sexual moralities in popular fiction / Agnes Muriungi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-329) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006028423 |
| ISBN | 1592214983 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781592214983 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1592214991 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781592214990 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR9340.5 .U73 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |