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The intestines of the state : youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields
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The intestines of the state : youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields

Nicolas Argenti

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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.

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The intestines of the state : youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields by Nicolas Argenti. ISBN 9780226026121. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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