Worldliness in Out of the Way Places

This paper looks at such youthful cosmopolitan aspirations among Manjaco of Guinea-Bissau and Lauje in Sulawesi. It is often argued that these attempts at worldliness reflect claims for equal rights of membership in an unequal global society. Yet, an aspiration to worldliness also entails their asse...

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Main Author: Eric Gable
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2010-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/1026
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description This paper looks at such youthful cosmopolitan aspirations among Manjaco of Guinea-Bissau and Lauje in Sulawesi. It is often argued that these attempts at worldliness reflect claims for equal rights of membership in an unequal global society. Yet, an aspiration to worldliness also entails their assertion that we are, or at least should be, like them. This paper suggests that Manjaco and Lauje might seem to want to look like us but they talk very differently about what they expect of us in a world we mutually make.
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Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
youth
wordliness
cosmopolitanism
Manjaco (Guinea-Bissau)
Lauje (Sulawesi)
title Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
title_full Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
title_fullStr Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
title_full_unstemmed Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
title_short Worldliness in Out of the Way Places
title_sort worldliness in out of the way places
topic youth
wordliness
cosmopolitanism
Manjaco (Guinea-Bissau)
Lauje (Sulawesi)
url https://journals.openedition.org/cea/1026
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