The impact of electricity
Subtitle: development, desires, and dilemmas
By: Tanja Winther.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781845454951
Subjects: Rural electrification -- Social aspects -- Tanzania; Rural electrification -- Economic aspects -- Tanzania; Sustainable development -- Tanzania; Power resources -- Social aspects -- Tanzania; Power resources -- Economic aspects -- Tanzania; Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Tanzania; Social structure -- Tanzania
Description: "How does everyday life change when electricity becomes available to a group of people for the first time? Why do some groups tend to embrace this icon of development while other groups actively fight against it? Based on ethnographic fieldwork at different points in time, this book examines the effects of electricity's arrival in a rural community in Zanzibar. The author provides a compelling account of the social implications in question: the rhythm of life speeds up; sexuality and marriage patterns are affected; and a range of social relations, those between generations and genders as well as those between human beings and spirits, become modified. These dynamics highlight the particularities of social life in the region. At the same time, the book invites readers to understand the ways that electricity is implicated in our everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.