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Recalling the Belgian Congo : conversations and introspection /
When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely he...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
2000.
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| Colección: | New directions in anthropology ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the ""baddies"" she had expected to meet. Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories resulted in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her origi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857457127 0857457128 |