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OverviewThis book deconstructs Eurocentric narratives and showcases local voices to re-examine childhood in Eastern Africa. Moving away from portrayals of eastern African childhood as characterised by want, the author argues for a differentiated and pluralist nature of the eastern African childhood. Taking a chronological approach, the author provides a multidisciplinary critical reading of Africanist research on childhood in eastern Africa, drawing from anthropological and cultural studies, while examining writings from the pre-imperial and colonial periods. Moving into the contemporary period, the book reveals the continuity, tensions and ruptures of these portrayals in humanitarian, legal, and journalistic discourses, before exploring postcolonial writings on childhood in works by Eastern African novelists. Based on such a multidisciplinary perspective, this book will be of interest to scholars of African literature, eastern African history, critical childhood studies, museums and Africanist epistemologies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Oduor Obura (University of Potsdam, Germany)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780367685614ISBN 10: 0367685612 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 13 July 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback 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 Contents1. Introduction: Multiple Childhoods Part I 2. Bula Matadi and Incompleteness: Conceptual Decolonisation of Childhood 3. Africanist Childhood in Critical Frontiers 4. Archaeology of Childhood: Pre-imperial and Colonial Periods 5. Continuities and Contestations of Monodirectional Epistemology Part II 6. The Land of Childhoods: Yvonne Owuor’s Dust 7. The Childhoods of Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea 8. Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu: Endangered and Engendered Childhoods 9. Conclusion: Childhoods Then, Now, Here and Next 10. AppendixReviewsAuthor InformationOduor Obura holds a PhD from the University of Potsdam, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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