{"product_id":"perspectives-on-africa-isbn-9781405190602","title":"Perspectives on Africa","description":"The second edition of \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation\u003c\/i\u003e is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the dynamic processes by and through which scholars have described and understood African history and culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes selections from anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and critics who collectively reveal the interpenetration of ideas and concepts within and across disciplines, regions, and historical periods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a combined focus on ethnography and theory, giving students the means to link theory with data and perspective with practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNewly revised and updated edition of this popular text with 14 brand new chapters and two new sections: Conflict and Violent Transformations; and Development, Governance and Globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Africa in Perspective 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Representation and Discourse 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Africa Observed: Discourses of the Imperial Imagination 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean and John Comaroff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Meaning of Our Work 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheikh Anta Diop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Europe Upside Down: Fallacies of the New Afrocentrism 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKwame Anthony Appiah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Discourse of Power and Knowledge of Otherness 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eV. Y. Mudimbe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II From Tribe to Ethnicity: Kinship and Social Organization 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction 63\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Nuer: Time and Space 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. E. Evans-Pritchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Illusion of Tribe 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAidan W. Southall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ethnicity in Southern African History 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeroy Vail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Economics as a Cultural System 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Lele Economy Compared with the Bushong 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Douglas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Research on an African Mode of Production 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Coquery-Vidrovitch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Cattle of Money and the Cattle of Girls among the Nuer, 1930–83 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharon Hutchinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Hunter-Gatherers in Africa 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Lesson of the Pygmies 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin M. Turnbull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Houses in the Rainforest: Gender and Ethnicity among the Lese and Efe in Zaire 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoy Richard Grinker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Land Filled with Flies: The Evolution of Illusion 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwin N. Wilmsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Foragers, Genuine or Spurious? Situating the Kalahari San in History 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacqueline S. Solway and Richard B. Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Witchcraft, Science, and Rationality: The Translation of Culture 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Conversations on Rain-making 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Livingstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. E. Evans-Pritchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Understanding a Primitive Society 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Winch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Moral Economy of Witchcraft: An Essay in Comparative History 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph A. Austen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Ancestors, Gods, and the Philosophy of Religion 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Conversations with Ogotemmêli 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcel Griaule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 African Philosophy, Myth and Reality 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaulin J. Hountondji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ancestors as Elders in Africa 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIgor Kopytoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Arts, Aesthetics, and Heritage 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Humorous Masks and Serious Politics among the Afikpo Igbo 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Ottenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Art, Identity, Boundaries: Postmodernism and Contemporary African Art 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlu Oguibe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 As Plato Duly Warned: Music, Politics, and Social Change in Coastal East Africa 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly M. Askew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 In Place of Slavery: Fashioning Coastal Identity 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBayo Holsey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Sex and Gender Studies in Africa: Economy and Society 379\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Economics of Polygamy 389\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEster Boserup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 “Sitting on a Man”: Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Van Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Virginity Testing: Managing Sexuality in a Maturing HIV\/AIDS Epidemic 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuzanne Leclerc-Madlala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Europe in Africa: Colonization 423\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa: Methods of Ruling Native Races 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick D. Lugard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Rodney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerence Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNgugi wa Thiong’o\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Nations and Nationalism 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century 477\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLéopold Sédar Senghor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 On National Culture 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrantz Fanon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Modernity: The Paradox of Mau Mau 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce J. Berman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 The Invisible Face: Masks, Ethnicity, and the State in Côte d’Ivoire 514\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher B. Steiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Violent Transformations: Conflict and Displacement 521\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa 531\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Gluckman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Fighting for the Rainforest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone 543\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Richards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Sacrifice as Terror: The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 555\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher C. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Where to Be an Ancestor? Reconstituting Socio-spiritual Worlds among Displaced Mozambicans 569\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Lubkemann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XII Development, Governance, and Globalization 583\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt 595\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Development Aid and Structural Violence: The Case of Rwanda 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Uvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Nigerian Scams as Political Critique: Globalization, Inequality and 419 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Jordan Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly 629\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-François Bayart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 “Govern Yourselves!” Democracy and Carnage in Northern Mozambique 644\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry G. West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Nuer-American Passages 660\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDianna Shandy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 671\u003c\/p\u003e  REVIEWS OF FIRST EDITION:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Here is an excellent anthology that illustrates magnificently processes of Africa's invention, the complexity of her cultures, the paradoxes and predicament of discourses that claim to render her being.\" \u003ci\u003eV. Y. Mudimbe Stanford University\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A volume for all students and teachers seriously interested in understanding the unity and diversity of African cultures, and engaging in a dialogue with African Studies literary ancestors and their creative and critical successors. Grinker and Steiner have offered a doorway for those who dare to embrace the masters of the field and join new academic worlds in the making.\" Sulayman \u003ci\u003eS. Nyang, Professor, Howard University and Director of the African Voices Project, Smithsonian Institute\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is a much needed addition to African studies and literature. They attempt, quite successfully, to place each article within, not only an historical time frame, but also within a theoretical progression. Its bibliographies contain a useful starting point and reference on all the major trends and subjects.\" \u003ci\u003eSean Pratt, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRoy Richard Grinker, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University, Director of the GW Institute for Ethnographic Research, and Editor-in-Chief of Anthropological Quarterly.  He   is author of four other books, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnbull\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eHouses in the Rainforest:  Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnstrange Minds:  Remapping the World of Autism\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher B. Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lucy C. McDannel ’22 Professor of Art History and Director of Museum Studies at Connecticut College.  He is the author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eAfrican Art in Transit\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor (with Ruth Phillips) of \u003ci\u003eUnpacking Culture:  Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Lubkemann\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.  He is author of \u003ci\u003eCulture in Chaos: An Anthropology of the Social Condition in War\u003c\/i\u003e and is associate editor for \u003ci\u003eAnthropological Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and a co-founder of GWU’s Diaspora Research Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This welcome new edition of key texts, written about Africa as well as from \u003ci\u003ewithin\u003c\/i\u003e it, builds on the past but speaks boldly to the current generation — with some striking contributions on contemporary issues.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWendy James, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This carefully chosen and brilliantly edited collection is an extraordinary resource for anthropologists of Africa. Some of the most seminal works in one of the most foundational domains in the discipline take on new significance in the light of the new current scholarship represented in the volume and of the new conversations among them that Grinker, Lubkemann and Steiner have brought out. This volume is a treasure.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline H. Bledsoe, \u003ci\u003eNorthwestern University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This impressive volume provides a critical genealogy of scholarship in Africa, weaving together historical and contemporary pieces to provide insights not only into the political economy and cultural dynamism of Africa’s past, but of its future too.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenrietta Moore, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Cambridge and Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This superb collection of influential contemporary and classic works in African studies will be indispensable to both students and instructors. Twelve thematic sections, each masterfully framed by the editors, offer a deft blend of intellectual history, theory, and ethnography.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngelique Haugerud, \u003ci\u003eRutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of the popular reader\u003ci\u003e Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation \u003c\/i\u003eoffers forty six articles illustrating the dynamic processes by which scholars have described and understood African history and culture over the past several decades. This new edition presents fourteen new selections as well as two entirely new parts, “Violent Transformations: Conflict and Displacement” and “Development, Governance, and Globalization,” revealing the historical trajectory, daily experience, and vital influence of African people in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989769175269,"sku":"NP9781405190602","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405190602.jpg?v=1761785408","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/perspectives-on-africa-isbn-9781405190602","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}