Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance
The Culture and History of a South African People
Nonfiction, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Jean Comaroff | ISBN: | 9780226160986 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | November 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jean Comaroff |
| ISBN: | 9780226160986 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | November 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
