Of revelation and revolution, volume 1 [[electronic resource] ] : Christianity, colonialism, and consciousness in South Africa |
Autore | Comaroff Jean |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, IL, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.48/241/00899639775
303.4824100899639775 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ComaroffJohn L |
Soggetto topico |
History
London Missionary Society Missions Social conditions Tswana (African people) Tswana (African people) - History Tswana (African people) - Missions Tswana (African people) - Social conditions |
ISBN |
9786611430719
1-281-43071-4 0-226-11447-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | OF REVELATION AND REVOLUTION; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chronology; ONE INTRODUCTION; TWO BRITISH BEGINNINGS: Spirits of an Age, Signs of the Times; THREE AFRICA OBSERVED: Discourses of the Imperial Imagination; FOUR AFRICAN WORLDS: Economy, Culture, and Society, circa 1800-1830; FIVE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: HeroicJourneys, First Encounters; SIX CONVERSION AND CONVERSATION: Narrative, Form, and Consciousness; SEVEN SECULAR POWER, SACRED AUTHORITY: The Politics of the Mission; EIGHT CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248192403316 |
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Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume 2 [[electronic resource] ] : The Dialectics of Modernity on a South African Frontier |
Autore | Comaroff John L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (614 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.48/241/00899639775
303.48241068 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ComaroffJean |
Soggetto topico | Tswana (African people) |
ISBN | 0-226-11444-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chronology; 1 Introduction; 2 Preachers and Prophets: The Domestication of the Sacred Word; 3 Cultivation, Colonialism, and Christianity: Toward a New African Genesis; 4 Currencies of Conversion: Of Markets, Money, and Value; 5 Fashioning the Colonial Subject: The Empire's Old Clothes; 6 Mansions of the Lord: Architecture, Interiority, Domesticity; 7 The Medicine of God's Word: Saving the Soul by Tending the Flesh; 8 New Persons, Old Subjects: Rights, Identities, Moral Communities; 9 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume II |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248051103316 |
Comaroff John L
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009 | ||
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