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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494723003321

Autore

Fardon Richard

Titolo

Lela in Bali : history through ceremony in Cameroon / / Richard Fardon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-84545-215-1

1-78238-877-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Cameroon studies ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

305.896/36

Soggetti

Bali (African people) - Social life and customs

Bali (African people) - Rites and ceremonies

Electronic books.

Cameroon Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LELA IN BALI; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Lela: Past Present, Present Past; CHAPTER 2. Lela in 1908: The Photographic Record; CHAPTER 3. Lela: The Texts, 1890s to 1960s; Chapter 4. Lela: Incorporation, Ascendancy and the Means of Violence; CHAPTER 5. Lela in the Grassfields and the 'Graffi' in Lela: Or, More is More; CHAPTER 6. Lela Precedents: Beyond and Before theGrassfields; CHAPTER 7. Fast Forward: From Adamawa to Late Post-Colonial Cameroon; References; Index