Recalling the Belgian Congo :: conversations and introspection /

When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely he...

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1. Verfasser: Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte, 1961-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: New York : Berghahn Books, 2000.
Schriftenreihe:New directions in anthropology ; v. 9.
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Zusammenfassung:When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the ""baddies"" she had expected to meet. Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories resulted in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her origi.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-230) and index.
ISBN:9780857457127
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