| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION: World Process and the Production of Culture; history and explanation; the study of cultural change; culture as interpretation and strategy; outline and sources; PART ONE Transformation of the Social Order; ONE The factory system; from slave to legitimate trader; a voyage on the Congo; the factories: their effect on society and environment; the interregional system of trade; Kongo society; encounter between incompatible systems; TWO Catastrophe and creation |
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Penetration and colonizationdestruction of the indigenous order; a modern clan society; PART TWO Personhood and the Dynamics of Culture; THREE The constitution of the person and the externality of power; the human being; expansion and contraction of nsala; the significance of the model: on color symbolism and identity; colonization and consciousness: experiences of disintegration and imaginary cannibalism; life-force-mediated and channeled; PART THREE Transformation of the Cultural Order; FOUR From religion to magic; power and cosmic hierarchy; the two spheres of the religious system |
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Christianity and the traditional religiontransformations of traditional religion: from cult to medical magic; consecration and cults; FIVE Witchcraft as imaginary cannibalism; witchcraft through history; the cannibalistic activities of the witches; legitimate and non-legitimate power; SIX Cannibalism and the loss of political power; 19th century cannibalism in the Congo region-evidence and form; cannibalism as an expression of power; cannibalism and foreign intrusion; cannibalism and the loss of power; CONCLUSION; hierarchical mode of thought and externality of power |
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Encounter between incompatible systemsthe colonial period; culture and class structure; the loss of power; cultural change; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134345267 |
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1134345267 |
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