Rupp, Stephanie.

Forests of belonging : identities, ethnicities, and stereotypes in the Congo River basin / Stephanie Rupp. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011. - xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Culture, place, and nature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-293) and index.

Paradigms : the forest and its peoples -- Belonging : ethnic affiliations and confluences -- Spaces : beyond nature and culture -- Ambiguities : interethnic marriage and descent -- Tangles : parallel clans, alliances, rituals, and collective work -- Identities : people in changing contexts -- Contradictions : identities, opportunities, and conflicts -- Rethinking : stereotypes, ethnic affiliations, and social identities.

9780295991061 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Group identity--Cameroon.
Group identity--Congo River Valley.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Cameroon.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Congo River Valley
Ethnicity--Cameroon.
Ethnicity--Congo River Valley


Cameroon--Ethnic relations.
Congo River Valley--Ethnic relations.

302.4 RUP