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

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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hawkins, Sean (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
Collection:Anthropological horizons.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.