Anxiety in and About Africa : Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches
Saved in:
| Title: | Anxiety in and About Africa : Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches |
|---|---|
| Description: | How does anxiety impact narratives about African history, culture, and society?This volume demonstrates the richness of anxiety as an analytical lens within African studies. Contributors call attention to ways of thinking about African spaces—physical, visceral, somatic, and imagined—as well as about time and temporality. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the volume also brings histories of anxiety in colonial settings into conversation with work on the so-called negative emotions in disciplines beyond history. While anxiety has long been acknowledged for its ability to unsettle colonial narratives, to reveal the vulnerability of the colonial enterprise, this volume shows it can equally complicate contemporary narratives, such as those of sustainable development, migration, sexuality, and democracy. These essays therefore highlight the need to take emotions seriously as contemporary realities with particular histories that must be carefully mapped out. |
| Authors: | Andrea Mariko Grant, Yolana Pringle |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Anxiety--Africa--Congresses |
| Categories: | PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | How does anxiety impact narratives about African history, culture, and society?This volume demonstrates the richness of anxiety as an analytical lens within African studies. Contributors call attention to ways of thinking about African spaces—physical, visceral, somatic, and imagined—as well as about time and temporality. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the volume also brings histories of anxiety in colonial settings into conversation with work on the so-called negative emotions in disciplines beyond history. While anxiety has long been acknowledged for its ability to unsettle colonial narratives, to reveal the vulnerability of the colonial enterprise, this volume shows it can equally complicate contemporary narratives, such as those of sustainable development, migration, sexuality, and democracy. These essays therefore highlight the need to take emotions seriously as contemporary realities with particular histories that must be carefully mapped out. |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780821424360 9780821447284 |
