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Roberts, Allen F., 1945-

A dance of assassins performing early colonial hegemony in the Congo / [electronic resource] : Allen F. Roberts. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (328 p.) - African expressive cultures . - African expressive cultures. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "emperor" strikes back. Invitation to a beheading -- A conflict of memories -- Histories made by bodies -- Tropical gothic -- Storms the headhunter. Remembering the dismembered. The rise of a colonial macabre -- Art evo on the Chaussee d'Ixelles -- Lusinga's lasting laughs -- Composing decomposition -- Defiances of the dead.

ISBN: 9780253007599

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lusinga, ca. 1840-1884.
Storms, Émile Pierre Joseph, 1846-1918.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethnological museums and collections--Belgium.
Hegemony--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Belgians--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--To 1908.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonization.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DT654 / .R63 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 325.3493096751