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1 online resource |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, 2012 |
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Urban youth -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Urban youth -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Social status -- Côte d'Ivoire
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
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Social status
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Urban youth -- Social conditions
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226575216 |
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0226575217 |
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128069968X |
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9781280699689 |
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