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- catalog abstract ""When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the "baddies" she had expected to meet. Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories resulting in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her original assumptions. This resulted not only in a more differentiated persective on Belgian colonialist rule, but it also sensitized her as regards the question of anthropological understanding and of what constitutes a historical fact. These two aspects of her work are reflected in this study that offers specific material on the way Belgian colonialism is remembered and reflects on its conditions of production, thus combining ethnographic analysis with a theoretical essay."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11083654.
- catalog coverage "Belgium Colonies Africa Administration.".
- catalog coverage "Congo (Democratic Republic) History.".
- catalog coverage "Congo (Democratic Republic) In mass media.".
- catalog coverage "Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Congo (Democratic Republic) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the "baddies" she had expected to meet. Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories resulting in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her original assumptions. This resulted not only in a more differentiated persective on Belgian colonialist rule, but it also sensitized her as regards the question of anthropological understanding and of what constitutes a historical fact. These two aspects of her work are reflected in this study that offers specific material on the way Belgian colonialism is remembered and reflects on its conditions of production, thus combining ethnographic analysis with a theoretical essay."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Writing about colonialism -- Discordant colonial memories -- The ever-transforming process of memory -- A reflexive and diaological ethnography -- Why 'Recalling the Belgian Congo'? -- The territorial service: creation, ranks and numbers -- The territorial functions -- Internal organisation: Transfers, itinerance and control -- The territorials as a group of Belgian men in a wider society -- Original prejudice against colonialism -- Seeking to appear unthreatening -- In search of the real Congo -- A matter of interpretation -- Muted voices -- The chance to be recognised by the outside world -- The objective witness -- True history will not take over -- Significant modalities -- The terms of the dialogue -- The value of memory.".
- catalog extent "xx, 235 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Recalling the Belgian Congo.".
- catalog identifier "1571819452 (hc.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Recalling the Belgian Congo.".
- catalog isPartOf "New directions in anthropology ; v. 9".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Berghahn Books,".
- catalog relation "Recalling the Belgian Congo.".
- catalog spatial "Belgium Colonies Africa Administration.".
- catalog spatial "Congo (Democratic Republic) History.".
- catalog spatial "Congo (Democratic Republic) In mass media.".
- catalog spatial "Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Congo (Democratic Republic) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Congo (Democratic Republic)".
- catalog subject "306/.096751 21".
- catalog subject "Colonial administrators Congo (Democratic Republic) History.".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Congo (Democratic Republic)".
- catalog subject "GN654 .D37 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Writing about colonialism -- Discordant colonial memories -- The ever-transforming process of memory -- A reflexive and diaological ethnography -- Why 'Recalling the Belgian Congo'? -- The territorial service: creation, ranks and numbers -- The territorial functions -- Internal organisation: Transfers, itinerance and control -- The territorials as a group of Belgian men in a wider society -- Original prejudice against colonialism -- Seeking to appear unthreatening -- In search of the real Congo -- A matter of interpretation -- Muted voices -- The chance to be recognised by the outside world -- The objective witness -- True history will not take over -- Significant modalities -- The terms of the dialogue -- The value of memory.".
- catalog title "Recalling the Belgian Congo : conversations and introspection / Marie-Bénédict Dembour.".
- catalog type "text".