Picturing a colonial past : the African photographs of Isaac Schapera / John L. Comaroff, & Deborah James, editors

Comaroff, John L. *1945-* [HerausgeberIn] ; James, Deborah [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2007]

© 2007

xv, 224 Seiten

2006019439

0-226-11412-0 : (paper)

0-226-11411-2 : (cloth)

978-0-226-11412-5 : (paper)

978-0-226-11411-8 : (cloth)

Editorial note ; Isaac Schapera, two portraits of the ethnographer ; Letter from Chief Linchwe II of the Kgatla ; Introduction: The portraits of an ethnographer as a young man / Jean and John Comaroff

Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) : his life and times / Adam Kuper

The Bakgatla Bagakgafêla : preliminary report of field investigations, 1933 / Isaac Schapera

African images : the photographs of Isaac Schapera in Bechuanaland and elsewhere, 1929-1940 ; Motse : the architecture of village life ; Mo gae : domestic scenes ; Ditshwantshó : portraits ; Bana : children, at play and work ; Bogwêra : initiation rites ; Tiro : the work of production ; Moroka : the rainmaker ; Kgotla : the public sphere ; Banna ba ditshaba : others.

/ Afrika / Kulturanthropologie / Fotografie

*Südafrika <Kontinent>

*Ethnology -- Africa -- Pictorial works ; Africa -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works ; Africa -- History -- Pictorial works

*Afrika ; Ethnologie ; Soziologie ; Bildband

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DT15

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 305.896/39775;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation:

Editorial note -- Isaac Schapera, two portraits of the ethnographer -- Letter from Chief Linchwe II of the Kgatla -- Introduction: The portraits of an ethnographer as a young man / Jean and John Comaroff -- Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) : his life and times / Adam Kuper -- The Bakgatla Bagakgafêla : preliminary report of field investigations, 1933 / Isaac Schapera -- African images : the photographs of Isaac Schapera in Bechuanaland and elsewhere, 1929-1940 -- Motse : the architecture of village life -- Mo gae : domestic scenes -- Ditshwantshó : portraits -- Bana : children, at play and work -- Bogwêra : initiation rites -- Tiro : the work of production -- Moroka : the rainmaker -- Kgotla : the public sphere -- Banna ba ditshaba : others

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