Braided Worlds by Alma Gottlieb (English) Paperback Book

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Braided Worlds

by Alma Gottlieb, Philip Graham

Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbe and Kosangbe, the authors recounts a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact.

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In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Côte d'Ivoire that they first recounted in their award-winning memoir Parallel Worlds. Their commitment over the span of several decades has lent them a rare insight. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbé and Kosangbé, Gottlieb and Graham take turns recounting a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Through events such as a religious leader's declaration that the authors' six-year-old son, Nathaniel, is the reincarnation of a revered ancestor, or Graham's late father being accepted into the Beng afterlife, or the increasing, sometimes dangerous madness of a villager, the authors are forced to reconcile their anthropological and literary gaze with the deepest parts of their personal lives. Along with these intimate dramas, they follow the Beng from times of peace through the times of tragedy that led to Côte d'Ivoire's recent civil conflicts. From these and many other interweaving narratives—and with the combined strengths of an anthropologist and a literary writer—Braided Worlds examines the impact of postcolonialism, race, and global inequity at the same time that it chronicles a living, breathing village community where two very different worlds meet.

Author Biography

Alma Gottlieb is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of The Restless Anthropologist, The Afterlife Is Where We Come From, and Under the Kapok Tree, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Philip Graham is professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and also teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the author of seven books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Moon, Come to Earth, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Together they are the authors of Parallel Worlds: An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa.

Table of Contents

Preface A Note to Readers 1 A Beng Path to Birth (September 1986-May 1987) Alma: Of Blessings and Bad Faith Philip: The Scrabble Champion Alma: Two Homes and a Hospital 2 Censored Words (March 1990) Philip: La Crise Alma: Can You Teach Anthropology to a Toddler? Philip: Our Own House of Mbari 3 Back in the Village (May-June 1993) Alma: The House of Africa Philip: Raising the Stakes Alma: Old Agendas, New Agendas Philip: The Adventures of Tintin Alma: The Spirit of Grandfather Denju Philip: One Screen Door 4 Casting Spells (June-July 1993) Alma: Another Story to Confess Philip: Anything but Invisible Alma: Too Expensive to Die Philip: The Waiting Fax 5 Things of the Heart (July-August 1993) Alma: Mad to Be Modern Philip: My Father's African Afterlife Alma: The First Twelve Months of Life Philip: Welcoming Ghosts Alma: Amenan's Lament Philip: "Denju, Denju" Alma: Mystical Musical Chairs Philip: Gifting Party Alma: Tying Up Loose Ends Philip: Shooting Fish 6 A Different Fieldwork Site (January 1994) Alma: Converging Paths Philip: "Ka'na Pobl

Review

"At this moment in the history of our divided and violent world, we profoundly need to hear the voices of Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham as they return to the Beng people of the Cote d'Ivoire and write not just about this remarkable people but about the ways that all of us are inextricably 'braided' together by our love, through our humanity, of sharing the great mystery of existence. Braided Worlds is not only an enthralling book but an important one. And linked with Gottlieb and Graham's earlier Parallel Worlds, the two books form a masterpiece of travel memoir." (Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain)"

Review Quote

"While they comfortably categorize their book within the genre of fieldwork memoir, Braided Worlds is also a testimony to the long-term, family-affair commitments that Gottlieb and Graham have made to their Beng hosts, and vice versa. This is a wonderful quality of the book-it is deeply personal, respectful, and yet not so precious as to overshadow what we can learn about being Beng, and Beng-like."

Details ISBN0226305287 Author Philip Graham Publisher The University of Chicago Press Year 2012 ISBN-10 0226305287 ISBN-13 9780226305288 Format Paperback Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States DEWEY 305.896066668 Illustrations 3 maps Short Title BRAIDED WORLDS Language English Media Book Residence IL, US UK Release Date 2012-09-05 Pages 184 Publication Date 2012-09-05 AU Release Date 2012-09-05 NZ Release Date 2012-09-05 US Release Date 2012-09-05 Audience Undergraduate

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  • Condition: Brand new
  • ISBN-13: 9780226305288
  • Book Title: Braided Worlds
  • ISBN: 9780226305288
  • Publication Year: 2012
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: Braided Worlds
  • Item Height: 228mm
  • Author: Alma Gottlieb, Philip Graham
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Item Width: 153mm
  • Subject: Anthropology
  • Item Weight: 280g
  • Number of Pages: 184 Pages

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