Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance: The Culture and History of a South African People
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| Management number | 231911559 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$1.03 | Model Number | 231911559 | ||
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In this sophisticated study of power and resistance, Jean Comaroff analyzes the changing predicament of the Barolong boo Ratshidi, a people on the margins of the South African state. Like others on the fringes of the modern world system, the Tshidi struggle to construct a viable order of signs and practices through which they act upon the forces that engulf them. Their dissenting Churches of Zion have provided an effective medium for reconstructing a sense of history and identity, one that protests the terms of colonial and post-colonial society and culture. Read more
| ASIN | B00GV6IA86 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0226160986 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 5.2 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 310 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | November 15, 2013 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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