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OverviewIn Street Archives and City Life Emily Callaci maps a new terrain of political and cultural production in mid- to late twentieth-century Tanzanian urban landscapes. While the postcolonial Tanzanian ruling party (TANU) adopted a policy of rural socialism known as Ujamaa between 1967 and 1985, an influx of youth migrants to the city of Dar es Salaam generated innovative forms of urbanism through the production and circulation of what Callaci calls street archives. These urban intellectuals neither supported nor contested the ruling party's anti-city philosophy; rather, they navigated the complexities of inhabiting unplanned African cities during economic crisis and social transformation through various forms of popular texts that included women's Christian advice literature, newspaper columns, self-published pulp fiction novellas, and song lyrics. Through these textual networks, Callaci shows how youth migrants and urban intellectuals in Dar es Salaam fashioned a collective ethos of postcolonial African citizenship. This spirit ushered in a revolution rooted in the city and its networks-an urban revolution that arose in spite of the nation-state's pro-rural ideology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily CallaciPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780822369912ISBN 10: 0822369915 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 24 November 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. TANU, African Socialism, and the City Idea 18 2. ""All Alone in the Big City"": Elite Women, ""Working Girls,"" and Struggles over Domesticity, Reproduction, and Urban Space 59 3. Dar after Dark: Dance, Desire, and Conspicuous Consumption in Dar es Salaam's Nightlife 102 4, Lovers and Fighters: Pulp-Fiction Publishing and the Transformation of Urban Masculinity 141 5. From Socialist to Street-Smart: A Changing Urban Lexicon 180 Conclusion 207 Notes 215 Bibliography 253 Index 277"ReviewsUnder the revered Nyerere a peculiar dialectic was put in place: a strong villagization and thus anti-city rhetoric in the face of the persistent migration of rural dwellers into the city. This is the focal point of Emily Callaci's Street Archives and City Life, and by exploring this she gives us a distinctive account of the relation between African postcolonial socialist politics, the city of Dar, and the aspirations of the thousands of Tanzanians who flocked to the city. Callaci's book is without a doubt going to be a classic in studies of the African city. -- Ato Quayson author of Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism Author InformationEmily Callaci is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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