03771nam 2200661 a 450 991045358890332120200520144314.01-281-92609-4978661192609090-474-2270-810.1163/ej.9789004152175.i-325(CKB)1000000000552803(EBL)468500(OCoLC)646789015(SSID)ssj0000225095(PQKBManifestationID)11186170(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225095(PQKBWorkID)10230228(PQKB)11537922(MiAaPQ)EBC468500(OCoLC)173640893(OCoLC)166358240(nllekb)BRILL9789047422709(PPN)170754995(Au-PeEL)EBL468500(CaPaEBR)ebr10270779(EXLCZ)99100000000055280320070928d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe pot-king[electronic resource] the body and technologies of power /by Jean-Pierre WarnierLeiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (335 p.)African social studies series,1568-1203 ;v. 17Description based upon print version of record.90-04-15217-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-309) and indexes.Preliminary material /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter One. The human flesh /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Two. The subjects as containers /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Three. The skin-citizens /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Four. \'Smoke must be kept inside the house\' /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Five. The gifts of the dead monarchs /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Six. The closure of the country /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Seven. The king’s three bodies /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Eight. The royal excrement /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Nine. Unbreakable vital piggy-banks /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Ten. De-sexualised bachelors /J.-P. Warnier -- Chapter Eleven. Theoretical questions, in bodily/material cultures /J.-P. Warnier -- Bibliography /J.-P. Warnier -- The mankon language and its transcription /J.-P. Warnier -- Mankon glossary /J.-P. Warnier -- Indices /J.-P. Warnier.The king of Mankon, in the western highlands of Cameroon, is an agricultural engineer by training, a businessman, and a prominent politician on the national stage. He partakes in the “return of the kings” in the forefront of an African public space. This book analyses the principles of the sacred kingship which lie at the core of the king’s different roles. While showing that the king’s body acts as a container of bodily substances transformed into unifying ancestral life-essence by appropriate means, and bestowed upon its subjects, it develops an innovative approach to bodily and material cultures as an essential component of the technologies of power. In so doing, it departs significantly from previous approaches to sacred kingship.African social studies series ;v. 17.Mankon (African people)Rites and ceremoniesPower (Social sciences)CameroonMankonMankon (Cameroon)Kings and rulersMankon (Cameroon)Social life and customsElectronic books.Mankon (African people)Rites and ceremonies.Power (Social sciences)305.896/36Warnier Jean-Pierre442793MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453588903321The pot-king2156495UNINA