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Rest in Plastic: Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community
by Rest in Plastic: Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community
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In Peki, an Ewe town in the Ghanaian Volta Region, death is a matter of public concern. By means of funeral banners printed with synthetic ink on PVC, public lyings in state, cemented graves and wreaths made from plastic, death occupies a prominent place in the world of the living. Rest in Plastic gives an insight into local entanglements of death, synthetic materials and power in Ewe community. It shows how different materials and things that come to shape power relations, exist in a delicate balance between state and local governance, kin and outsiders, death and life, the invisible and the visible, movement and containment.
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- Berghahn Books Brand
- Jun 1, 2024 Pub Date:
- 9781805395034 ISBN-13:
- 1805395033 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.69 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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