Urban Life-Worlds in Motion : : African Perspectives / / ed. by Kristin Kastner, Hans Peter Hahn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Frei, Bettina,; Gemmeke, Amber,; Hahn, Hans Peter,; Kane, Abdoulaye,; Kastner, Kristin,; Kibora, Ludovic,; Klaeger, Gabriel,; Musch, Tilman,; Nwaka, Geoffrey I.,; Tazanu, Primus M.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hahn, Hans Peter,; Kastner, Kristin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Content --; Preface --; Introduction --; The Urban Poor, the Informal Sector and Environmental Health Policy in Nigeria --; ‘I go chop your Dollar’ --; Women and Magic in Dakar --; ‘They ehave as though hey ant to ring eaven own’ --; Movements into Emotions --; The Transnational Choice --; The Issue of the Diaspo in Ouagadougou --; Haalpulaar Migrants’ Home Connections --; Epilogue --; Abstracts and Information on Authors (in alphabetical order)
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839420225; 9783110638721; 9783111025230; 9783110661552; 9783110352856; 9783110370737
• DOI: 10.1515/transcript.9783839420225?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kristin Kastner, Hans Peter Hahn.

Urban agglomerations host the most vital and creative societies. This applies particularly to Africa, where cities have the highest growth rates world-wide and where the urban population is younger than anywhere else. Urban life-worlds are the basis for the development of new lifestyles and new cultural phenomena. Based on empirical ethnographic research, this book presents case studies that enhance our understanding of the dynamics of urbanity in Africa and beyond - by envisioning cities as crossroads where cultures, biographies and networks meet.