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Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in Colonial Africa / / Luise White
| Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in Colonial Africa / / Luise White |
| Autore | White Luise |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 398.2/0967 |
| Collana |
Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Studies on the history of society and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Vampires - Africa, East
Vampires - Africa, Central Folklore - Africa, East Folklore - Africa, Central Blood |
| ISBN |
0-520-92229-8
1-59734-912-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 Colonial Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo -- 10. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Rumor and history in colonial Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247916203316 |
White Luise
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in Colonial Africa / / Luise White
| Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in Colonial Africa / / Luise White |
| Autore | White Luise |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2019] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 398.2/0967 |
| Collana |
Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Studies on the history of society and culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Vampires - Africa, East
Vampires - Africa, Central Folklore - Africa, East Folklore - Africa, Central Blood |
| ISBN |
0-520-92229-8
1-59734-912-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 Colonial Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo -- 10. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Rumor and history in colonial Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495955303321 |
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White Luise
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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