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War of Words, War of Stones
Jonathon Glassman
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Paperback. Race and racial thinking on the Swahili coast Num Pages: 414 pages, 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFG; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
The Swahili coast of Africa is often described as a paragon of transnational culture and racial fluidity. Yet, during a brief period in the 1960s, Zanzibar became deeply divided along racial lines as intellectuals and activists, engaged in bitter debates about their nation's future, ignited a deadly conflict that spread across the island. War of Words, War of Stones explores how violently enforced racial boundaries arose from Zanzibar's entangled history. Jonathon Glassman challenges explanations that assume racial thinking in the colonial world reflected only Western ideas. He shows how Africans crafted competing ways of categorizing race from local tradition and ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
Number of Pages
414
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222800
SKU
V9780253222800
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About Jonathon Glassman
Jonathon Glassman is Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is author of Feasts and Riot: Revelry, Rebellion, and Popular Consciousness on the Swahili Coast, 1856–1888, which was awarded the Herskovits Prize in African Studies.
Reviews for War of Words, War of Stones
This book is painstakingly researched, providing a compelling portrait of the intricacies of Zanzibari politics in the post-independence period and the historical legacies that shaped those politics. Glassman's theorizing of race in relation to memory, nationalism, and modernity is provocative, raising questions that will certainly stimulate debate.
American Historical Review
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American Historical Review
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