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ISBN: 9780226289656 - The Perils of Belonging The Perils of Belonging
Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0226289656  ISBN13: 9780226289656
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Jun 2009
Traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. This book examines the emotional appeal of autochthony - as well as its dubious... More

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ISBN: 9780813917030 - The Modernity of Witchcraft The Modernity of Witchcraft
Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0813917034  ISBN13: 9780813917030
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Jun 1997
In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft... More
ISBN: 9780852558980 - Readings in Modernity in Africa Readings in Modernity in Africa
Peter Geschiere, Birgit Meyer, Peter Pels

ISBN10: 0852558988  ISBN13: 9780852558980
Publisher: James Currey
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Nov 2008
A student guide to the variety of scholarly work on the issue of modernity in Africa. 'This reader is a bold attempt to rescue the heuristic value of modernity in African scholarship that takes cognizance of the disjunctures between academic... More

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ISBN: 9780710300157 - Village Communities and the State Village Communities and the State
Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0710300158  ISBN13: 9780710300157
Publisher: Kegan Paul
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Jan 1982

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ISBN: 9780226289649 - The Perils of Belonging The Perils of Belonging
Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0226289648  ISBN13: 9780226289649
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Jun 2009
Traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. This book examines the emotional appeal of autochthony - as well as its dubious... More

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ISBN: 9780631212386 - Globalization and Identity Globalization and Identity
Birgit Meyer, Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0631212388  ISBN13: 9780631212386
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Blackwell Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Jan 1999
This original collection takes a close look at the paradox of "flow" and "closure" in the argument that the accelerating global flow of goods, persons, and images goes together with determined efforts towards closure, emphasis on cultural... More

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ISBN: 9780710300898 - Old Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment Old Modes of Production and Capitalist Encroachment
Wim M J van Binsbergen, Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0710300891  ISBN13: 9780710300898
Publisher: Kegan Paul
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Jan 1985

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ISBN: 9780813917023 - The Modernity of Witchcraft The Modernity of Witchcraft
Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 0813917026  ISBN13: 9780813917023
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Jun 1997
To many Westerners, the disappearance of African traditions of witchcraft might seem inevitable with continued modernization. In The Modernity, of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern... More

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ISBN: 9788173044250 - The Forging of Nationhood The Forging of Nationhood
Gyanendra Pandey Gyanendra Pandey, Peter Geschiere

ISBN10: 8173044252  ISBN13: 9788173044250
Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Feb 2003
This multidisciplinary volume on nationhood and citizenship has essays on postcolonial Ecuador, citizenship, infamy and patriarchal hierarchy in Bolivian laws. Chinese Minzu, Sri Lankan Nationalism, Women's place in the nation, Zaire... More

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ISBN: 9783825888046 - Commodification Commodification
Wim M J van Binsbergen, Peter L Geschiere

ISBN10: 3825888045  ISBN13: 9783825888046
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Mar 2006