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Argenti, Nicolas.

The intestines of the state youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields / [electronic resource] : 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA765961 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Oku (African people)--History.
Oku (African people)--Politics and government.
Oku (African people)--Social life and customs.
Slavery--History.--Cameroon--North-West Province
Marginality, Social--History.--Cameroon--North-West Province
Young men--Attitudes.--Cameroon--North-West Province
Young men--Psychology.--Cameroon--North-West Province

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
North-West Province (Cameroon)--History.
North-West Province (Cameroon)--Social conditions.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DT571.O58 / A74 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/36