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Author Rupp, Stephanie

Title Forests of belonging : identities, ethnicities, and stereotypes in the Congo River basin / Stephanie Rupp
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations
Series Culture, place, and nature
Culture, place, and nature.
Contents Paradigms : the forest and its peoples -- Belonging ethnic affiliations and confluences -- Spaces : beyond nature and culture -- Ambiguities : interethnic marriage and descent -- Tangles : parallel clans, alliances, rituals, and collective work -- Identities : people in changing contexts -- Contradictions : identities, opportunities, and conflicts -- Rethinking : stereotypes, ethnic affiliations, and social identities
Summary Focuses on the Bangando, a forest community living in southeastern Cameroon, and their neighbors in the Lobéké forest region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Group identity -- Cameroon
Group identity -- Congo River Valley
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Cameroon
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Congo River Valley
Ethnicity -- Cameroon
Ethnicity -- Congo River Valley
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Group identity
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
SUBJECT Cameroon -- Ethnic relations
Congo River Valley -- Ethnic relations
Subject Cameroon
Congo River Valley
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021694572
ISBN 9780295803029
0295803029