Memory and the Postcolony (Paperback) Postcolonial Encounters (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Memory and the PostcolonyCondition: NewSubtitle: African Anthropology and the Critique of PowerISBN-10: 1856495922EAN: 9781856495929ISBN: 9781856495929Publisher: Zed Books LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/01/1998Description: The critique of power in contemporary Africa calls for a new approach to the making of political subjectivities. Through theoretically informed anthropology, this book meets the urgent need to rethink our understanding of the moral and political force of memory, its official and unofficial forms, its moves between the personal and the social in postcolonial transformations. Memory and the Postcolony brings these transformations into perspective. It is divided into three sections in which distinguished anthropologists explore death and subjectivity; the memory work of elections and public commissions; and fundamentalism and the future. Presenting a sustained comparative analysis of memory as a politicized reality, the book will be essential reading for all scholars of postcolonial societies, as well as all those with an interest in contemporary Africa.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBContributor: Richard Werbner (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, HistoryBook Series: Postcolonial EncountersAuthor: No AuthorRelease Year: 1998

Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.