The
intestines of the state
youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields
Argenti, Nicolas.
creator
ebrary, Inc
text
bibliography
Electronic books.
ilu
Chicago
University of Chicago Press
2007
monographic
eng
xviii, 362 p. : ill., maps.
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.
Nicolas Argenti.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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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
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