Article ID: CBB855350583

Adolescence versus Politics: Metaphors in Late Colonial Uganda (2017)

unapi

In late colonial Uganda, British social scientists, development experts, religious leaders, and administrators used the metaphor of adolescence to explain political unrest. If Uganda could be seen as an adolescent, upheaval in the model colony was a sign of successful growth, not a rejection of British administration or global ideas of development and progress. Using the metaphor of adolescence, experts emphasized the period’s turmoil as signs of biosocial, adolescent maturation, rather than symptoms of political competition, clashing class interests, or ethnic patriotisms. Through this powerful metaphor, British observers rejected any politics based in different values, interests, or goals.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB855350583/

Similar Citations

Book Anderson, Warwick; Jenson, Deborah; Keller, Richard C.; (2011)
Unconscious Dominions: Psychoanalysis, Colonial Trauma, and Global Sovereignties (/isis/citation/CBB001221252/)

Book Jeff Schauer; (2019)
Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa (/isis/citation/CBB609669433/)

Article Samantha Wesner; (2021)
Revolutionary electricity in 1790: shock, consensus, and the birth of a political metaphor (/isis/citation/CBB362036279/)

Book Paul van Reyk; (2021)
True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia (/isis/citation/CBB105085051/)

Article Larson, Brendon M. H.; Nerlich, Brigitte; Wallis, Patrick; (2005)
Metaphors and Biorisks: The War on Infectious Diseases and Invasive Species (/isis/citation/CBB000660450/)

Article Erik Linstrum; (2020)
The Case History in the Colonies (/isis/citation/CBB625154341/)

Book Megan Black; (2018)
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power (/isis/citation/CBB871859995/)

Thesis Aso, Michitake; (2011)
Forests without Birds Science, Environment, and Health in French Colonial Vietnam (/isis/citation/CBB001560839/)

Article Bragesjö, F.; (2002)
“The Social Contract for Science”: History, Analysis, and the Power of Metaphor (/isis/citation/CBB000641231/)

Article Mantels, Ruben; (2010)
De klacht van Nkunda. Over universiteiten, kolonisatie en dekolonisatie in Belgische-Congo (/isis/citation/CBB001024388/)

Article Dmitriy Myelnikov; (2020)
Creature Features: The Lively Narratives of Bacteriophages in Soviet Biology and Medicine (/isis/citation/CBB744503683/)

Book Shyam Wuppuluri; A. C. Grayling; (2022)
Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities: Words and Worlds (/isis/citation/CBB253798660/)

Authors & Contributors
Black, Megan
Tassanee Alleau
Baie, Mona
Shyam Wuppuluri
Summers, Carol
Chiapperino, Luca
Concepts
Colonialism
Science and government
Metaphors; analogies
Science and society
Rhetorical analysis
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Renaissance
20th century, early
Places
Uganda
Australia
Africa
Congo
Malawi
New Guinea
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment