Feasting on history : Ethiopia and the Orientalists / James De Lorenzi.

Portion of title Ethiopia and the Orientalists
SeriesColumbia studies in international and global history
Columbia studies in international and global history. ^A718629
Contents The Power of Tradition -- Mysterious Magic -- Reading Philology in Addis Ababa -- Ferragosto -- Mäskäräm -- "Cerulli and His Ilk" -- The Chronicler of Asinara -- Survival in Shäwa -- Bath and Dhaanane -- Case 7887 -- Field Operations.
Abstract "Feasting on History is the first intellectual history of the Italo-Ethiopian relationship and its international reverberations. Its focus is the enduring rivalry of Heruy Wäldä Sellasé, an eminent Ethiopian scholar and statesman, and Enrico Cerulli, an Italian orientalist and senior fascist official. Challenging essentialist narratives of African and European intellectual history, it offers an original and wide-ranging exploration of the colonial politics of expertise, the destructive power of weaponized knowledge, and the impact of both upon postcolonial trauma. A moving account of the international struggle to control Ethiopia's past and future, this book contributes to scholarship and contemporary debates about colonial genocide, stolen heritage, and the decolonization of human rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780231217774
LCCN 2024057441
ISBN9780231217767
ISBN9780231217750 hardcover
ISBN0231217757 hardcover
ISBN0231217765 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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