The iconoclasm done and undone Sarró, Ramon. creator text bibliography Electronic books. stk Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh University Press ©2009 2009 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps. Based on research spanning over 12 years, this title offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic religious movement initiated by a Muslim preacher among coastal Baga farmers in the French colonial period. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Cassava Fields, Sacred Woods -- On ruins and landscape -- On African religion and iconoclasm -- living space as a remote area -- Ethnography as the art of being late -- Landlords, citizens and iconoclasts: introducing the actors and the events -- Ethnography and iconoclasm: a Rashomonian view -- 2. Rivers and Motorways -- Language and population on the Guinean coast -- language of the spirits -- Mangrove rice: a tale of two species -- river bank -- open road -- missing wood: Baga parents and Susu children -- 3. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Coastal Mangroves in Pre-Colonial Times -- Uncles and nephews: the logics of asymmetric settlement -- Landlords, strangers and spirits -- No room for slaves? -- Contested spiritscapes -- crown of Timbo: exploring pre-colonial political imagination -- 4. Chiefs, Customs and Territory: the Legacy of French Rule -- ^ On cultural fatigue -- delimitation of a 'Baga' territory -- Chiefs, taxes and strangers -- rise of Christianity -- Fula hegemony -- Revolt and takeover -- Despotism and political awareness -- burden of being Baga -- Conclusion -- 5. Running and Hiding: the End of Colonialism and the Arrival of the Iconoclasts -- Youth and dance: a prelude -- rise of Islam -- stranger and the end of death -- Spiritual encounters -- Spiritual encounters of a different kind -- Farewell to the Baga -- 6. Mande Tricksters and Transformations: from Iconoclastic Preachers to Iconoclastic Politicians -- marabout who came from the east -- Revisiting the spiritual encounters -- Routinised iconoclasm -- Once there were landlords -- On religious convergence -- 7. Surviving Iconoclasm -- From children's games to elders' secrets: the story of the alipne -- Excursus I: iconoclasm and the centripetality of knowledge -- ^ urban social form: the story of the ressortissants -- Roman Sarró. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-gv--- Guinea Religion Religion and politics Guinea Iconoclasm Guinea Guinea Social life and customs Iconoclasm RELIGION Christianity General RELIGION Theology BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Gaia & Earth Energies RELIGION General Iconoclasm Manners and customs Religion Religion and politics Guinea Politique Religions Guinée Vandalismus Kunstwerk Islam Bāǧa Guinea BL2470.G8 S27 2009eb 202.18096652 22 Sarró, Ramon. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)226280895 9780748636662 0748636668 205905 MIL 22573/cttk1z16 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=268096 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=268096 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=268096 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=268096 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=268096 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=268096 CDX 080304 20200709055208.0 ocn326717191 eng