Bianca Murillo
Biographic Data
| ID | 212057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bianca Murillo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bianca |
| FAMILY NAME | Murillo |
| SIGNATURE | MURILLO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Willamette University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Alice Wiemers, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana
Alice Wiemers, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2021. In the epilogue to Village Work , author Alice Wiemers emphasizes the reality that “development is a political enterprise” (148). By historicizing the “NGO-ification
The Modern Shopping Experience: Kingsway Department Store and Consumer Politics in Ghana
Despite the perception that department stores are a recent phenomenon in West Africa, modern indoor retail spaces have existed in its major cities since the mid-twentieth century. This article uses the history of Kingsway Department Store in Accra as a lens to understand emerging political, economic and social tensions in post-colonial Ghana. Drawing on United Africa Company (UAC) records, staff reports and inspection findings, as well as local n…
Chocolate, women and empire: A social and cultural history
Chocolate, women and empire: a social and cultural history, by Emma Robertson, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2009, vii + 249 pp., b/w illus., £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7190-7777-7 Si
Situating Histories of Consumption and Consumers in Ghana
Dmitri van den Bersselaar. The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition. African Social Studies Series, vol. 18. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. xiv + 268 pp. Photographs. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Paper. For centuries, West Africans have participated
The Devil We Know”: Gold Coast Consumers, Local Employees, and the United Africa Company, 1940–1960
On January 31, 1957, about five weeks before the Gold Coast gained political independence from Britain, the country's first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the opening of Kingsway, Accra, the country's largest department store. Owned and operated by the United Africa Company (UAC), a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever, Kingsway Stores were well known throughout British West Africa as a chain of urban retail outlets. Alt…
Ideal Homes and the Gender Politics of Consumerism in Postcolonial Ghana, 1960–70
This article uses the 1967 Ideal Home Exhibition in Accra as a window onto understanding connections between gender and consumerism in postcolonial Ghana. Drawing upon newspapers, comics and novels, it argues that the home was placed at the centre of national debates about economic recovery and political stability. Major goals of attracting Western investors and building Ghana's private sector simultaneously promoted conservative gender roles and…
The Devil We Know”: Gold Coast Consumers, Local Employees, and the United Africa Company, 1940–1960
On January 31, 1957, about five weeks before the Gold Coast gained political independence from Britain, the country's first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the opening of Kingsway, Accra, the country's largest department store. Owned and operated by the United Africa Company (UAC), a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever, Kingsway Stores were well known throughout British West Africa as a chain of urban retail outlets. Alt…
The Modern Shopping Experience: Kingsway Department Store and Consumer Politics in Ghana
Despite the perception that department stores are a recent phenomenon in West Africa, modern indoor retail spaces have existed in its major cities since the mid-twentieth century. This article uses the history of Kingsway Department Store in Accra as a lens to understand emerging political, economic and social tensions in post-colonial Ghana. Drawing on United Africa Company (UAC) records, staff reports and inspection findings, as well as local n…
Ideal Homes and the Gender Politics of Consumerism in Postcolonial Ghana, 1960–70
This article uses the 1967 Ideal Home Exhibition in Accra as a window onto understanding connections between gender and consumerism in postcolonial Ghana. Drawing upon newspapers, comics and novels, it argues that the home was placed at the centre of national debates about economic recovery and political stability. Major goals of attracting Western investors and building Ghana's private sector simultaneously promoted conservative gender roles and…
Ideal Homes and the Gender Politics of Consumerism in Postcolonial Ghana, 1960–70
This article uses the 1967 Ideal Home Exhibition in Accra as a window onto understanding connections between gender and consumerism in postcolonial Ghana. Drawing upon newspapers, comics and novels, it argues that the home was placed at the centre of national debates about economic recovery and political stability. Major goals of attracting Western investors and building Ghana's private sector simultaneously promoted conservative gender roles and…
Situating Histories of Consumption and Consumers in Ghana
Dmitri van den Bersselaar. The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition. African Social Studies Series, vol. 18. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. xiv + 268 pp. Photographs. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Paper. For centuries, West Africans have participated
The Devil We Know”: Gold Coast Consumers, Local Employees, and the United Africa Company, 1940–1960
On January 31, 1957, about five weeks before the Gold Coast gained political independence from Britain, the country's first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the opening of Kingsway, Accra, the country's largest department store. Owned and operated by the United Africa Company (UAC), a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever, Kingsway Stores were well known throughout British West Africa as a chain of urban retail outlets. Alt…
Chocolate, women and empire: A social and cultural history
Chocolate, women and empire: a social and cultural history, by Emma Robertson, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2009, vii + 249 pp., b/w illus., £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7190-7777-7 Si
The Modern Shopping Experience: Kingsway Department Store and Consumer Politics in Ghana
Despite the perception that department stores are a recent phenomenon in West Africa, modern indoor retail spaces have existed in its major cities since the mid-twentieth century. This article uses the history of Kingsway Department Store in Accra as a lens to understand emerging political, economic and social tensions in post-colonial Ghana. Drawing on United Africa Company (UAC) records, staff reports and inspection findings, as well as local n…
Alice Wiemers, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana
Alice Wiemers, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2021. In the epilogue to Village Work , author Alice Wiemers emphasizes the reality that “development is a political enterprise” (148). By historicizing the “NGO-ification
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