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An archaeology of resistance: materiality and time in an African borderland

2014; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 52; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.185432

1943-5975

Alfredo González‐Ruibal,

African Studies and Ethnography

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements. Introduction. Outline of the book. Chapter 1. Time and materiality. 1.1. Archaeological ethnographies. 1.2. Archaeologies of resistance. 1.3. The Archaeology of Borderlands 1.4. Time. 1.5. Materiality. Chapter 2. Ecology of a shatter zone. 2.1. Landscapes. 2.2. States. 2.3. Deep rurals and peasants. 2.4. Bandits, missionaries and travelers. Chapter 3. Direct action against the state: the Gumuz. 3.1. Resisting the state north of the Blue Nile. 3.2. The enemy's point of view: origin myths, things and knowledge. 3.3. Making a community of equals: technology, consumption, exchange. 3.4. Bodies of resistance. 3.5. A sense of danger. Chapter 4. Between domination and resistance: the Bertha. 4.1. Memories. 4.2. A fractured identity. 4.3. Double belief: Between paganism and Islam. 4.4. Double materiality. 4.5. Double performance. Chapter 5. Of mimicry and Mao. 5.1. The making of a subaltern people. 5.2. Invisibility and hybridity. 5.3. The gender of resistance. 5.4. A space for resistance. 5.5. Remembering the forest. Epilogue and Conclusions References. Index. About the Author.