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Forests of belonging : identities, ethnicities, and stereotypes in the Congo River basin / Stephanie Rupp.

Title
Forests of belonging : identities, ethnicities, and stereotypes in the Congo River basin / Stephanie Rupp.
Author
Rupp, Stephanie.
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.

Holdings

Details

Description
xiii, 306 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Ethnic interactions among Bangando, Baka, Bakwélé and Mbomam of southeastern Cameroon, with a focus on the village of Dioula, in Lobéké forest region.
Series Statement
Culture, place, and nature
Uniform Title
  • Culture, place, and nature.
  • Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Cameroon > Ethnic relations
  • Congo River Valley > Ethnic relations
  • Ethnicity > Cameroon
  • Ethnicity > Congo River Valley
  • Group identity > Cameroon
  • Group identity > Congo River Valley
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Cameroon
  • Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Congo River Valley
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Paradigms : the forest and its peoples -- Belonging ethnic affiliations and confluences -- Spaces : beyond nature and culture -- Ambiguities : interethnic marriage and descent -- Tangles : parallel clans, alliances, rituals, and collective work -- Identities : people in changing contexts -- Contradictions : identities, opportunities, and conflicts -- Rethinking : stereotypes, ethnic affiliations, and social identities.
ISBN
  • 9780295991054 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0295991054 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780295991061 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295991062 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011003506