TY - GEN T1 - Recalling the Belgian Congo : conversations and introspection T2 - New directions in anthropology ; A1 - Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte, 1961- LA - English LA - French PP - New York PB - Berghahn Books YR - 2000 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn606410588 AB - 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 resulted in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her origi. OP - 235 CN - GN654 .D37 2000eb SN - 9780857457127 SN - 0857457128 SN - 1571819452 SN - 9781571819451 SN - 1571817562 SN - 9781571817563 KW - Ethnology : Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Colonial administrators : Congo (Democratic Republic) : History. KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) : In mass media. KW - Belgium : Colonies : Africa : Administration. KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) : History. KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) : Politics and government. KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) : Social life and customs. KW - Ethnologie : Congo (République démocratique) KW - Administrateurs coloniaux : Congo (République démocratique) : Histoire. KW - Congo (République démocratique) : Histoire. KW - Congo (République démocratique) : Politique et gouvernement. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture. KW - HISTORY : Africa : General. KW - Colonial administrators KW - Ethnology KW - Colonies : Administration KW - Manners and customs KW - Mass media KW - Politics and government KW - Africa KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Kolonie KW - Belgien KW - Koloniale periode. KW - Colonial administrators : Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Kongo KW - History ER -