ISBN:
9780253007506
,
9780253007438
,
9780253007599
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 311 S
,
ill., map
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
DDC:
325.3493096751
Keywords:
Storms, Émile Pierre Joseph
;
Lusinga
;
Belgians History 19th century
;
Hegemony History 19th century
;
Ethnological museums and collections
;
Afrika
;
Belgien
;
Belgier
;
Geschichte 1882-1885
;
Häuptling
;
Afrika
;
Storms, Émile Pierre Joseph
;
Imperialismus
;
Kolonialbeamter
;
Kolonie
;
Kolonisation
;
Kongo
;
Lusinga
;
Demokratische Republik
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Congo (Democratic Republic) History To 1908
;
Congo (Democratic Republic) Colonization
;
Lusinga 1840-1884
;
Storms, Émile Pierre Joseph 1846-1918
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Kolonialismus
Description / Table of Contents:
The "emperor" strikes back. Invitation to a beheading -- A conflict of memories -- Histories made by bodies -- Tropical gothic -- Storms the headhunter. Remembering the dismembered. The rise of a colonial macabre -- Art évo on the Chaussée d'Ixelles -- Lusinga's lasting laughs -- Composing decomposition -- Defiances of the dead.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-297) and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=42368
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