Dilemmas of culture in African schools youth, nationalism, and the transformation of knowledge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago University of Chicago press 2005Description: IX, 241 p. illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-226-11129-6
  • 0-226-11131-8
Subject(s):
Contents:
"Every nation has its own gifts" : Christianity, schooling, and the construction of tradition -- Drumming and dancing : the state's involvement in tradition -- The location of culture : the politician, the chief, or the teacher? -- Modernity divided : Christianity and the cultural program in the schools -- Folk culture as school knowledge : the contradictions of teaching culture in schools -- "Do you know how to drum?" : youth, knowledge, and the state.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
book Library of Ethnosociology & Ethnohistory 117.622 ASE Available 3250376-10

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.

"Every nation has its own gifts" : Christianity, schooling, and the construction of tradition -- Drumming and dancing : the state's involvement in tradition -- The location of culture : the politician, the chief, or the teacher? -- Modernity divided : Christianity and the cultural program in the schools -- Folk culture as school knowledge : the contradictions of teaching culture in schools -- "Do you know how to drum?" : youth, knowledge, and the state.