Histories of Dirt

Focusing on colonial and postcolonial Lagos, Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces come to be regarded as dirty by showing how colonial perceptions of dirt and cleanliness structured colonial governance, urban planning, public health policies, and relationships between colonists and native Lagosians.

Concentrandu-se asupra Lagosului colonial si postcolonial, Stephanie Newell traseaza modalitatile prin care spatiile urbane ajung sa fie considerate murdare, aratand modul in care perceptiile coloniale despre murdarie si curatenie au structurat guvernarea coloniala, planificarea urbana, politicile de sanatate publica si relatiile dintre colonisti si lagosienii nativi.