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Philip Graham and
Alma Gottlieb
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
September 5, 2012
Pages
162
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226305271
ISBN-10
0226305279
Dimensions
0.65 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$64.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
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In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte dâIvoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbé and Kosangbé, Gottlieb and Graham take turns recounting a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact.
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Through events such as a religious leaderâs declaration that the authorsâ six-year-old son, Nathaniel, is the reincarnation of a revered ancestor, or Grahamâs late father being accepted into the Beng afterlife, or the increasing, sometimes dangerous madness of a villager, the authors are forced to reconcile their anthropological and literary gaze with the deepest parts of their personal lives. Along with these intimate dramas, they follow the Beng from times of peace through the times of tragedy that led to Côte dâIvoireâs recent civil conflicts. From these and many other interweaving narrativesâand with the combined strengths of an anthropologist and a literary writerâBraided Worlds examines the impact of postcolonialism, race, and global inequity at the same time that it chronicles a living, breathing village community where two very different worlds meet.
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Hardcover
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With Alma Gottlieb |
from Univ of Chicago Pr (September 5, 2012)
9780226305271 | details & prices | 162 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.65 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $64.00
About: In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte dâIvoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds.
About: In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte dâIvoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds.
Paperback
With Alma Gottlieb |
from Univ of Chicago Pr (September 5, 2012)
9780226305288 | details & prices | 162 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $23.00
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