Forget Colonialism? - (Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity) by Jennifer Cole (Paperback)
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- While doing fieldwork in a village in east Madagascar that had suffered both heavy settler colonialism and a bloody anticolonial rebellion, Jennifer Cole found herself confronted by a puzzle.
- About the Author: Jennifer Cole is a cultural anthropologist and member of the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago.
- 378 Pages
- History, Africa
- Series Name: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
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About the Book
"The best book-length study of colonial memory available... Cole provides a way out of the dichotomy in which memory is viewed as either individual or 'collective.'"--Rosalind Shaw, coeditor of "Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis""A remarkably lucid and self-assured analysis of social memory. . . The book is a pleasure to read."--Michael Lambek, author of "Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte"
Book Synopsis
While doing fieldwork in a village in east Madagascar that had suffered both heavy settler colonialism and a bloody anticolonial rebellion, Jennifer Cole found herself confronted by a puzzle. People in the area had lived through almost a century of intrusive French colonial rule, but they appeared to have forgotten the colonial period in their daily lives. Then, during democratic elections in 1992-93, the terrifying memories came flooding back. Cole asks, How do once-colonized peoples remember the colonial period? Drawing on a fine-grained ethnography of the social practices of remembering and forgetting in one community, she develops a practice-based approach to social memory.From the Back Cover
"The best book-length study of colonial memory available... Cole provides a way out of the dichotomy in which memory is viewed as either individual or 'collective.'"--Rosalind Shaw, coeditor of Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis"A remarkably lucid and self-assured analysis of social memory. . . The book is a pleasure to read."--Michael Lambek, author of Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte
About the Author
Jennifer Cole is a cultural anthropologist and member of the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago.Dimensions (Overall): 8.96 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .94 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.14 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 378
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Africa
Series Title: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
Publisher: University of California Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Jennifer Cole
Language: English
Street Date: November 20, 2001
TCIN: 1002210653
UPC: 9780520228467
Item Number (DPCI): 247-26-9898
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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