Resurrecting Cannibals - The Catholic Church, Witch-Hunts and the Production of Pagans in Western Uganda

Sommario

Introduction PART I EATING/BEING EATEN
'Eating the King': Fragments of a History of Tooro Kingship
Ethnography of Eating: Mediating Food and Power
'Eating God': Western Images of the Cannibal PART II TERROR AND HEALING IN TOORO
Crisis and the Rise of Occult Forces
Witches and Cannibals in Tooro
The Catholic Church and Religious Pluralism in Tooro
The Uganda Martyrs Guild
The Guild's Crusades PART III THE CANNIBAL IN COLONIAL MISSIONARY ENCOUNTERS
The Making of a Christian King and 'Pagan' Persecutions
Christian Catechists and Missionaries in Tooro
Missionaries, the Eucharist and Cannibals in Tooro
Resurrecting Cannibals
Medical Spectacles of Resurrection and Colonial Mirroring

Info autore

Heike Behrend

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Heike Behrend
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.2011
• EAN: 9781847010391
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-039-1
• Pagine: 222
• Dimensioni: 142 mm x 220 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 486 g
• Serie: Eastern Africa
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo