"Texas": An off-centre district at the heart of nightlife in Odienné
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"Texas": An off-centre district at the heart of nightlife in Odienné
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Abstract
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Among the 18 districts of Odienné, a secondary town of northern Côte d'Ivoire, the district of "Texas" is known to host the highest concentration of bars called "maquis". When darkness falls this residential neighbourhood turns into a space for entertainment, pleasure and business. This chapter explores this effervescence of the forbidden (haram) in the context of a town in which public life is dominantly framed by Islam. It shows how the evolution of Texas by night reveals the centrality of urban margins for their implicit function of making possible the cohabitation of various lifestyles.
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Book Title
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Understanding the City through its Margins
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London
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Routledge
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Date
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2018
Côte d'Ivoire