Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance
Author | : Jean Comaroff |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2013-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226160986 |
ISBN-13 | : 022616098X |
Rating | : 4/5 (98X Downloads) |
Download or read book Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance written by Jean Comaroff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.