02712nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10266029 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070322s2007 iluab sb 001 0 eng 2007011955 GBA765961 bnb 013823451 Uk 9780226026114 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226026116 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226026121 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226026124 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)304489246 f-cm--- DT571.O58 A74 2007eb 305.896/36 22 Argenti, Nicolas. The intestines of the state [electronic resource] : youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields / Nicolas Argenti. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. xviii, 362 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345) and index. Centuries of youth : remembering, incorporation, and the reclamation of history -- Kings, slaves, and floating populations : discourses of centrality and marginality in the precolonial era -- Masks of terror and the subjection of cadets -- Aurora colonialis : German imperialism and the modernity of slavery -- Embodied histories : royal investiture, masking, and remembering -- From slaves to free boys : cadets' resistance to gerontocratic, colonial, and postcolonial authority -- The death of tears : mortuary rites and the indeterminacy of dance -- Dancing death : memorial celebrations, the politics of ritual laughter, and the embodied memories of youth -- Histories of the present, histories of the future. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Oku (African people) History. Oku (African people) Politics and government. Oku (African people) Social life and customs. Slavery Cameroon North-West Province History. Marginality, Social Cameroon North-West Province History. Young men Cameroon North-West Province Attitudes. Young men Cameroon North-West Province Psychology. North-West Province (Cameroon) History. North-West Province (Cameroon) Social conditions. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10266029 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 10991 10991