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Autore |
White Luise |
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Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in Colonial Africa / / Luise White |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
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©2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92229-8 |
1-59734-912-7 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2019] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Collana |
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Studies on the History of Society and Culture ; ; 37 |
Studies on the history of society and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vampires - Africa, East |
Vampires - Africa, Central |
Folklore - Africa, East |
Folklore - Africa, Central |
Blood |
Africa, East Colonial influence |
Africa, Central Colonial influence |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currencies and Talk -- 1 . Blood and Words: Writing History with (and about) Vampire Stories -- 2. Historicizing Rumor and Gossip -- 3. "Bandages on Your Mouth": The Experience of Colonial Medicine in East and Central Africa -- 4. "Why Is Petrol Red?" The Experience of Skilled and Semi-Skilled Labor in East and Central Africa -- 5. "A Special Danger": Gender, Property, and Blood in Nairobi,1919-193 -- 6. "Roast Mutton Captivity": Labor, Trade, and Catholic Missions in Colonial Northern Rhodesia -- 7. Blood, Bugs, and Archives: Debates over Sleeping- Sickness Control in Colonial Northern Rhodesia,1931-1939 -- 8. Citizenship and Censorship: Politics, Newspapers, and "a Stupefier of Several Women" in Kampala in the 1950's -- 9. Class Struggle and Cannibalism: Storytelling and History Writing on the Copperbelts of |
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Colonial Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo -- 10. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index |
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