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Materializing Colonial Encounters: Archaeologies of African Experience
Francois G. Richard (Ed.)
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Description for Materializing Colonial Encounters: Archaeologies of African Experience
Hardback. Editor(s): Richard, Francois G. Num Pages: 307 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: 1H; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 245 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
This volume investigates the material production and expression of colonial experiences in Africa. It combines archaeological, historical, and ethnographic sources to explore the diverse pathways, practices, and projects constructed by Africans in their engagement with the forces of colonial modernity and capitalism. This volume is situated in ongoing debates in archaeological and anthropological approaches to materiality. In this respect, it seeks to target archaeologists interested in the conceptual issues provoked by colonial enfoldments. It is also concerned with increasing the visibility of relevant African archaeological literature to scholars of colonialism and imperialism laboring in other fields. ... Read more
This volume investigates the material production and expression of colonial experiences in Africa. It combines archaeological, historical, and ethnographic sources to explore the diverse pathways, practices, and projects constructed by Africans in their engagement with the forces of colonial modernity and capitalism. This volume is situated in ongoing debates in archaeological and anthropological approaches to materiality. In this respect, it seeks to target archaeologists interested in the conceptual issues provoked by colonial enfoldments. It is also concerned with increasing the visibility of relevant African archaeological literature to scholars of colonialism and imperialism laboring in other fields. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
620g
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493926329
SKU
V9781493926329
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Ref
99-15
About Francois G. Richard (Ed.)
Francois G. Richard is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. His interests lie in social theory, political landscapes, government, subjectivity, materiality, colonialism and postcolonialism, and peasant societies, in Africa and within the African diaspora. He has published papers on the history of archaeological thought in Senegal, histories of objects ... Read more
Reviews for Materializing Colonial Encounters: Archaeologies of African Experience
The book is successful in materialising colonial encounters, as its title promises. It brings things to the forefront and demonstrates that they were crucial in shaping the social interactions, economic regimes, cultural practices and forms of power that emerged in the encounter between Europeans and Africans. ... the book is a great read and commendable for bringing back objects, landscapes ... Read more