Class Online: Representations of African Middle-Class Identity.

An essay is presented in which the authors discuss representation of African authors within cyberspace both as African people and as individuals with self-identification as middle-class. Topics discussed include class and social formations in studies regarding African literatures, how online texts o...

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Publicado en:	Postcolonial Text Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 1 - 17
Autores principales:	Adenekan, Shola, Cousins, Helen
Formato:	Essay
Publicado:	Postcolonial Text 2014
Materias:	Class analysis Class differences in literature Class identity Johns Hopkins University Classism University faculty
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Sumario:	An essay is presented in which the authors discuss representation of African authors within cyberspace both as African people and as individuals with self-identification as middle-class. Topics discussed include class and social formations in studies regarding African literatures, how online texts operated to consolidate notion of a middle-class identity, and denial of professors from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland to accept existence of class in African countries.