Conspicuous Consumption in Africa

by Ilana Van Wyk and Deborah Posel

Book Overview

A collection of essays examining cultures of consumption on the African continent

From early department stores in Cape Town to gendered histories of sartorial success in urban Togo, contestations over expense accounts at an apartheid state enterprise, elite wealth and political corruption in Angola and Zambia, the role of popular religion in the political intransigence of Jacob Zuma, funerals of big men in Cameroon, youth cultures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1776143647
• ISBN13: 9781776143641
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"