| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Enregistering modernity, bluffing criminality : how nouchi speech reinvented the nation -- Bizness and "blood brothers" : the moral economy of crime -- Faire le show : maquis masculinity and the performative success of waste -- Fashioning alterity : masking, metonymy, and otherworld origins -- Paris is hard like a rock : migration and the spatial hierarchy of global relations -- Counterfeit belongings : branding the Ivoirian political crisis -- Conclusion : modernity as bluff. |
| Summary |
In Côte d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth in a fantastic display of Western imitation, spending far more than they can afford on brand name clothing, accessories, technology, and a robust nightlife. Such imitation, however, is not primarily meant to deceive--rather, as Sasha Newell argues in The Modernity Bluff, it is an explicit performance so valued in Côte d'Ivoire it has become a matter of national pride. Called bluffeurs, these young urban men operate in a system of cultural eco. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban youth -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Urban youth. |
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Côte d'Ivoire. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Urban youth -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Economic conditions. |
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Social status -- Côte d'Ivoire.
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Social status. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Newell, Sasha. Modernity bluff. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 9780226575193 (DLC) 2011041970 (OCoLC)756577788 |
| ISBN |
9780226575216 (electronic book) |
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0226575217 (electronic book) |
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128069968X |
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9781280699689 |
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9780226575193 |
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0226575195 |
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9780226575209 |
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0226575209 |
| Standard No. |
7312397 |
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