Format:
1 online resource (287 pages)
ISBN:
9780804786225
Content:
This book is an innovative exploration of French colonial rule in Senegal between 1880 and 1940, through the prism of religion and religious policy.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: To Mock a Nun: Religion and Politics in Senegal's Coastal Communes, 1882-1890 -- Chapter 2: Rivalry in Translation: Catholicism, Islam, and French Rule of the North-West Sereer, 1890-1900 -- Chapter 3: "The Storm Approaches": Laïcité and West Africa, 1901-1910 -- Chapter 4: Proving Patriotism: Catholic Missionaries and the First World War in Senegal -- Chapter 5: An Ambiguous Monument: Dakar's Colonial Cathedral of the Souvenir Africain -- Chapter 6: Civilization, Custom, and Controversy: Catholic Conversion and French Rule in Senegal -- Conclusion: The Limits of Civilizing, 1936-1940 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804783804
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Faith in Empire : Religion, Politics and Colonial Rule in French Senegal, 1880-1940
Additional Edition:
Faith in empire Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780804783804
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0804783802
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Frankreich
;
Senegal
;
Kolonialismus
;
Religion
;
Geschichte 1880-1940
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