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Colonial Inscriptions
Carolyn M. Shaw
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Description for Colonial Inscriptions
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
In Kenyan colonialist imagery, the Kikuyu were vilified as deceitful servants while the Maasai were romanticized as noble savages in a fashion similar to American representation of the Black slave and the "wild" Indian. Carolyn Martin Shaw examines this imagery in the works of historians and ethnographers, as well as in novels and films.
Through the works of Louis Leakey, Jomo Kenyatta, Elspeth Huxley, and Isak Dinesen, along with her own ethnographic research, Martin Shaw investigates the discourses that shaped inequalities, rivalries, and fantasies in colonial Kenya. She explores narratives of domination and subordination, arguing that Europeans brought to Africa long-established ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816625253
SKU
V9780816625253
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About Carolyn M. Shaw
Carolyn Martin Shaw is an associate professor and chair of the Board of Studies in the anthropology department, and Provost of Kresge College at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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