Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance The Culture and History of a South African People

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.

Product details

• Authors: Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, Comaroff Jean
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.06.1985
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780226114231
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11423-1
• Pages: 303
• Dimensions (packing): 1.6 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 482 g
• Subjects: Cultural Studies, Africa, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history