Spiders of the market : Ghanian trickster performance in a web of neoliberalism /
The Ghanaian trickster-spider, Ananse, is a deceptive figure full of comic delight who blurs the lines of class, politics, and morality. David Afriyie Donkor identifies social performance as a way to understand trickster behavior within the shifting process of political legitimization in Ghana, reve...
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | African expressive cultures
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. From state to market : the history of a social compact
- 2. Once upon a spider : Ananse and the counterhegemonic trickster ethos
- 3. Selling the president : stand-up comedy and the politricks of endorsement
- 4. Ma Red's maneuvers : popular theater and "progressive" culture
- 5. In the house of stories : village aspirations and heritage tourism
- Conclusion