Writing and colonialism in northern Ghana : the encounter between the LoDagaa and "The world on paper", 1892-1991 /

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Drawing on the work of a variety of other fields and disciplines - from the ancient Mediterranean to colonial Spain, and from anthropology to psychology - the author argues that colonialism in Africa needs to be understood through the medium of writing.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hawkins, Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
Series:Anthropological horizons.
Subjects:
Dagaaba (African people) > Ghana > Social conditions.
Dagari (Peuple d'Afrique) > Ghāna > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Colonial influence.
Dagaaba (African people) > Social conditions.
Ghana > Colonial influence > History.
Ghana.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Colonialism as an Encounter between "the World on Paper" and the World of Experience
  • PART ONE: WAYS OF APPROPRIATING THE LODAGAA
  • PART TWO: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS AMBIGUITIES
  • PART THREE: THE COLONIZATION OF SPACE
  • PART FOUR: FROM SOCIAL PRACTICE TO RHETORIC
  • Conclusion: Writing, Blood, and the Politics of Legitimacy.

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