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UNINA9910958707203321 |
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Autore |
Desai Gaurav Gajanan |
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Subject to colonialism : African self-fashioning and the colonial library / / Gaurav Desai |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham [N.C.], : Duke University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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9786613061805 |
9781283061803 |
1283061805 |
9780822380214 |
0822380218 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropology - Africa |
Africans - Ethnic identity |
Ethnology - Africa - History |
Africa 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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Dangerous Supplements -- "Race," Rationality, and the Pedagogical Imperative -- Dangerous Liaisons? Frustrated Radicals, Master Professionals -- Colonial Self-Fashioning and the Production of History. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The discursive construction of Africa under colonialism, with an emphasis on the part played by African writers themselves. |
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