Sacred sites and the colonial encounter : a history of meaning and memory in Ghana /

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"Greene gives the reader a vivid sense of the Anlo encounter with western thought and Christian beliefs ... and the resulting erasures, transferences, adaptations, and alterations in their perceptions of place, space, and the body."--Emmanuel AkyeampongSandra E. Greene reconstructs a vivid...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greene, Sandra E., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Anlo (African people) > Religion.
Anlo (African people) > Cultural assimilation.
Sacred space > Ghana.
Human body > Social aspects > Ghana.
Anlo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Anlo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Acculturation.
Lieux sacrés > Ghāna.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Ghāna.
HISTORY.
Anlo (African people) > Religion
Colonial influence
Human body > Social aspects
Sacred space
Religion
Heilige plaatsen.
Anlo (volk)
Ghana > Colonial influence.
Ghana
Ewe.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : managing the modern
  • Notsie narratives
  • Of water and spirits
  • Placing and spacing the dead
  • Belief and the body
  • Contested terrain
  • Conclusion : explaining cultural adaptation and epistemological abandonment.

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