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Histories of Dirt: Media and Urban Life in Colonial and Postcolonial Lagos

By Stephanie Newell

Book information

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781478007067
DOI
10.1515/9781478007067
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4340151 bytes)
Pages
272\272
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 12:44:06

Description

Focusing on colonial and postcolonial Lagos, Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces come to be regarded as dirty by showing how colonial perceptions of dirt and cleanliness structured colonial governance, urban planning, public health policies, and relationships between colonists and native Lagosians.

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