Alice Franck – författare

The age-old trivialization of girls and devaluation of youth cultures has led to a disregard of dolls as legitimate sources of documentary evidence, even among scholars. It was not until the late nineteenth century that changing notions of childhood first gave rise to research on children, and a new appreciation of the social importance of play. Deconstructing Dolls explores the role of dolls in girlhood and young womanhood, seeking to understand the historical and contemporary significance of dolls particularly as they relate social meanings in the lives of girls.

This book provides an account of the third, last and longest civil revolt of independent Sudan. The December revolution was a continuing process that survived the military coup of 25 October 2021 and remained ongoing after the eruption of the war in April 2023. Based on original fieldwork data and taking an interdisciplinary approach drawing from anthropology, geography, history, politics, law and linguistics, this book provides a picture of everyday life during the December revolution and the plurality of its actors. It stresses the crucial role of inequalities and injustices both as sparks for the social protest movement and the principal demand for building a “New Sudan”.