{"product_id":"autobiography-and-decolonization-modernity-masculinity-and-the-nation-state-9780299226107","title":"Autobiography and Decolonization: Modernity, Masculinity, and the Nation-State","description":"Even in its heyday European rule of Africa had limits. Whether through complacency or denial, many colonial officials ignored the signs of African dissent. Displays of opposition by Africans, too indirect to counter or quash, percolated throughout the colonial era and kept alive a spirit of sovereignty that would find full expression only decades later.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePower in Colonial Africa: Conflict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870-1960\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth A. Eldredge analyzes a panoply of archival and oral resources, visual signs and symbols, and public and private actions to show how power may be exercised not only by rulers but also by the ruled. The BaSotho--best known for their consolidation of a kingdom from the 1820s to 1850s through primarily peaceful means, and for bringing colonial forces to a standstill in the Gun War of 1880-1881--struggled to maintain sovereignty over their internal affairs during their years under the colonial rule of the Cape Colony (now part of South Africa) and Britain from 1868 to 1966. Eldredge explores instances of BaSotho resistance, resilience, and resourcefulness in forms of expression both verbal and non-verbal. Skillfully navigating episodes of conflict, the BaSotho matched wits with the British in diplomatic brinksmanship, negotiation, compromise, circumvention, and persuasion, revealing the capacity of a subordinate population to influence the course of events as it selectively absorbs, employs, and subverts elements of the colonial culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A refreshing, readable and lucid account of one in an array of compositions of power during colonialism in southern Africa.\"--David Gordon, \u003ci\u003eJournal of African History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elegantly written.\"--Sean Redding, \u003ci\u003eSub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eldredge writes clearly and attractively, and her studies of the war between Lerotholi and Masupha and of the conflicts over the succession to the paramountcy are essential reading for anyone who wants to understand those crises.\"--Peter Sanders, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Holden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.06w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299226107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Holden is associate professor of English at the National University of Singapore.His books include \u003ci\u003eModern Subjects\/Colonial Texts\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOrienting Masculinity, Orienting Nation\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Richard Ruppel) \u003ci\u003eImperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39952732160115,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ff0f964e-dba3-4924-aa37-e733a893dd7f.jpg?v=1648564554","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/autobiography-and-decolonization-modernity-masculinity-and-the-nation-state-9780299226107","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}