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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463870203321

Autore

Rupp Stephanie

Titolo

Forests of belonging [[electronic resource] ] : identities, ethnicities, and stereotypes in the Congo River basin / / Stephanie Rupp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011

ISBN

0-295-80302-9

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Culture, place, and nature : studies in anthropology and environment

Disciplina

302.4

Soggetti

Group identity - Cameroon

Group identity - Congo River Valley

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - Cameroon

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - Congo River Valley

Ethnicity - Cameroon

Ethnicity - Congo River Valley

Electronic books.

Cameroon Ethnic relations

Congo River Valley Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Paradigms : the forest and its peoples -- Belonging : ethnic affiliations and confluences -- Spaces : beyond nature and culture -- Ambiguities : interethnic marriage and descent -- Tangles : parallel clans, alliances, rituals, and collective work -- Identities : people in changing contexts -- Contradictions : identities, opportunities, and conflicts -- Rethinking : stereotypes, ethnic affiliations, and social identities.