LEADER 04572nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910454185503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-226-02613-2 010 $a1-281-95905-7 010 $a9786611959050 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226026138 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578471 035 $a(EBL)408546 035 $a(OCoLC)476229561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000182139 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156479 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182139 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10166668 035 $a(PQKB)10095420 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121858 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408546 035 $a(DE-B1597)523244 035 $a(OCoLC)1058728268 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226026138 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266029 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195905 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578471 100 $a20070322d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe intestines of the state$b[electronic resource] $eyouth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields /$fNicolas Argenti 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-02612-4 311 $a0-226-02611-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345) and index. 327 $aCenturies 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. 330 $aThe young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. For centuries the main victims of the slave trade, they became prime targets for forced labor campaigns under a series of colonial rulers. Today's youth remain at the bottom of the fiercely hierarchical and polarized societies of the Grassfields, and it is their response to centuries of exploitation that Nicolas Argenti takes up in this absorbing and original book. Beginning his study with a political analysis of youth in the Grassfields from the eighteenth century to the present, Argenti pays special attention to the repeated violent revolts staged by young victims of political oppression. He then combines this history with extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the Oku chiefdom, discovering that the specter of past violence lives on in the masked dance performances that have earned intense devotion from today's youth. Argenti contends that by evoking the imagery of past cataclysmic events, these masquerades allow young Oku men and women to address the inequities they face in their relations with elders and state authorities today. 606 $aOku (African people)$xHistory 606 $aOku (African people)$xPolitics and government 606 $aOku (African people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aSlavery$zCameroon$zNorth-West Province$xHistory 606 $aMarginality, Social$zCameroon$zNorth-West Province$xHistory 606 $aYoung men$zCameroon$zNorth-West Province$xAttitudes 606 $aYoung men$zCameroon$zNorth-West Province$xPsychology 607 $aNorth-West Province (Cameroon)$xHistory 607 $aNorth-West Province (Cameroon)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOku (African people)$xHistory. 615 0$aOku (African people)$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aOku (African people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory. 615 0$aMarginality, Social$xHistory. 615 0$aYoung men$xAttitudes. 615 0$aYoung men$xPsychology. 676 $a305.896/36 700 $aArgenti$b Nicolas$0916907 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454185503321 996 $aThe intestines of the state$92055549 997 $aUNINA