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

Author/creator Schapera, Isaac
Other author Comaroff, John L., 1945-
Other author Comaroff, Jean.
Other author James, Deborah, Dr.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Portion of title African photographs of Isaac Schapera
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006019439
ISBN9780226114118 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226114112 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226114125 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226114120 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DT15 .S34 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold