ISBN:
0748635157
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9780748635153
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 239 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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25cm
Series Statement:
International African library 38
Series Statement:
International African library
DDC:
306.60966
Keywords:
Iconoclasm
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Iconoclasm History
;
Baga (African people) Social life and customs
;
Baga (African people) Rites and ceremonies
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Religion and politics
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Religion and sociology
;
Guinea Religion
;
Baga
;
Bildersturm
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Geschichte 1957
;
Guinea
;
Baga
;
Religion
;
Geschichte
;
Baga
;
Kulturelle Identität
Abstract:
Based on research spanning over 12 years, this title offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic religious movement initiated by a Muslim preacher among coastal Baga farmers in the French colonial period
Abstract:
The Politics of Religious Change on the Upper Guinea Coast offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic religious movement initiated by a Muslim preacher among coastal Baga farmers in the French colonial period. With an ethnographic approach that listens as carefully to those who suffered iconoclastic violence as to those who wanted to 'get rid of custom', this work discusses the extent to which iconoclasm produces a rupture of religious knowledge and identity, and analyses its relevance in the making of modern nations and citizens. The book will appeal to a wide range of readers, particular
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Formerly CIP
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