Miscast: Negotiating the Presence of the BushmenPippa Skotnes, South African National Gallery In this book, eminent scholars explore the term 'Bushmen' and the relationships that gave rise to it, from the perspectives of anthropology, archaeology, comparative religion, literary studies, art history and musicology. Topics as diverse as trophy heads and museums, to the destruction of the Cape San, and appraisals of 19th-century photographic practices are examined. |
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... ancestors among the southern Nguni . The southern Nguni typically classify ancestors into two main categories : ⚫ those commonly identified as pertaining to the family or clan - also referred to as home ancestors ( and usually called ...
... ancestors among the southern Nguni . The southern Nguni typically classify ancestors into two main categories : ⚫ those commonly identified as pertaining to the family or clan - also referred to as home ancestors ( and usually called ...
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... ancestors . In addition , the San were generally associated with healing powers , a quality believed to inhere in the paintings themselves . Painted sites , such as Ngcengcane Cave , are therefore seen as significant places of power a ...
... ancestors . In addition , the San were generally associated with healing powers , a quality believed to inhere in the paintings themselves . Painted sites , such as Ngcengcane Cave , are therefore seen as significant places of power a ...
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... ancestors command them to go to a specific cave or pool individually . Togu's San ancestors usually ' appear ' to him as bees . He then spends most of a day alone at these localities , looking at the paintings , searching for plant ...
... ancestors command them to go to a specific cave or pool individually . Togu's San ancestors usually ' appear ' to him as bees . He then spends most of a day alone at these localities , looking at the paintings , searching for plant ...
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Forewords | 9 |
Diäkwains dream of his fathers death BCA 151 LV 511046 | 14 |
Mutilation and Meaning | 20 |
Copyright | |
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Afrikaans amongst ancestors animals arrows Bleek & Lloyd Bleek and Lloyd body Boers bones Botswana bows Bulwer Bushman musical Bushmanland Bushmen Cape Town cattle collection colonial colonists colour commando culture dance described Diä!kwain diviners Dorothea Bleek Drakensberg Dutch eland ethnic European evidence exhibition farm Bushmen farmers Field Corporal Figure frontier Ghanzi groups Guenther Hartebeest Hottentots human hunter-gatherer hunters hunting images indigenous Kabbo Kagga Kamma Kalahari Khoi Khoikhoi Khoisan Khwe killed Kirby Koranna kraal labour land language Lewis-Williams lived Lucy Lloyd missionaries Mowbray Mpondomise Museum musical Namibia Natal Drakensberg Native nature Nguni Nharo nineteenth century northern Cape Orange River Photograph courtesy prisoners rain-makers religion reported Riebeeck ritual rock art rock paintings savage Schmidtsdrift shot skull social society Sotho South Africa southern Africa Steenkamp tion Togu tourist tradition travellers trekboers Tsolo Tswana Western Cape wild Wilhelm Bleek women
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Post-colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Bill Ashcroft,Gareth Griffiths,Helen Tiffin No preview available - 2007 |
Un/settled Multiculturalisms: Diasporas, Entanglements, Transruptions Barnor Hesse Limited preview - 2000 |