ISBN:
0226305279
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128354220X
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0226305287
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9780226304724
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9781283542203
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9780226305271
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9780226305288
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 162 p)
,
maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Braided Worlds
DDC:
305.896/34
Keywords:
Philosophy, Beng
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Beng (African people) Religion
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Ethnology Fieldwork
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Beng (African people) Social life and customs
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Caote d'Ivoire - Description and travel
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Electronic books
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Côte d'Ivoire Social life and customs
;
Côte d'Ivoire Description and travel
Abstract:
In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d'Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbé and Kosangbé, Gottlieb and Graham take turns recounting a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature
Description / Table of Contents:
A Beng path to birth (September 1986-May 1987)Alma: of blessings and bad faith -- Philip: the scrabble champion -- Alma: two homes and a hospital -- Censored words (March 1990) -- Philip: la crise -- Alma: can you teach anthropology to a toddler? -- Philip: our own house of Mbari -- Back in the village (May-June 1993) -- Alma: the house of Africa -- Philip: raising the stakes -- Alma: old agendas, new agendas -- Philip: the adventures of Tintin -- Alma: the spirit of grandfather Denju -- Philip: one screen door -- Casting spells (June-July 1993) -- Alma: another story to confess -- Philip: anything but invisible -- Alma: too expensive to die -- Philip: the waiting fax -- Things of the heart (July-August 1993) -- Alma: mad to be modern -- Philip: my father's African afterlife -- Alma: the first twelve months of life -- Philip: welcoming ghosts -- Alma: Amenan's lament -- Philip: "Denju, denju" -- Alma: mystical musical chairs -- Philip: gifting party -- Alma: tying up loose ends -- Philip: shooting fish -- A different fieldwork site (January 1994) -- Alma: converging paths -- Philip: "ka-na poblé" -- Epilogue: Côte d'Ivoire and the Beng in crisis -- A brief note about the Beng.
Note:
Includes index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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