Youth, nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution / Jay Straker.

Author/creator Straker, Jay, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Youth--Guinea. --Political activity. --History. --20th century.
Political socialization--Guinea. --History. --20th century.
Social classes--Guinea. --History. --20th century.
Theater and state--Guinea. --History. --20th century.
Nationalism--Guinea. --History. --20th century.
Postcolonialism--Guinea.
Revolutions and socialism--Guinea.
Guinea--History. --Autonomy and independence movements.
Guinea--Politics and government. --1958-1984.
Guinea--Social conditions. --20th century.
Guinea--Social life and customs.

SeriesAfrican systems of thought
African systems of thought. ^A233057
Contents Introduction: Whose re-imagined community? -- Imagining and instituting a new youth -- Envisioning youth across the border of independence -- Ideologies of schooling, teachers' authority, and cultural revolution -- The rise of militant theater -- Ventures and misadventures in the revolutionary forest -- Construing and constructing the nation's margins : troubles with the forest and forestiers -- Forestier itineraries across revolutionary pedagogical domains -- Forestier stories of militant theater : discovering the motives and moralities of a revolutionary state -- Conclusion: Nationalism and memory after the revolution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
LCCN 2008027256
ISBN9780253352880 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253352886 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253220592 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0253220599 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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