The Gun in Central Africa
The Gun in Central Africa
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中非的枪
DOI：
10.2307/j.ctv224tw15
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
G. Macola
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G. Macola
本书借鉴了非洲研究领域以外的一系列理论概念，首次全面介绍了世纪初至二十世纪初中部非洲火器的历史。这本书从文化敏感的角度探讨了中部非洲枪支的轨迹，既包括枪支的实际应用，也包括枪支所包含的一系列价值观和意义。作为对技术、社会、政治和文化之间交叉点的探索，它采用了比较的视角来绘制和解释不同用户和潜在用户对相同外部引入技术的反应。
Drawing on a range of theoretical concepts originating from outside the field of African studies, this book offers the first thorough history of firearms in Central Africa between the early nineteenth and the early twentieth century. The book approaches the trajectory of firearms in Central Africa from a culturally sensitive perspective that embraces both the practical applications of guns and the set of values and meanings that they have been taken to encompass. Intended as an exploration of the intersections between technology, society, politics and culture, it adopts a comparative perspective to chart, and account for, different user and potential user reactions to the same externally-introduced technology.