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The pot-king : the body and technologies of power
- Title
- The pot-king : the body and technologies of power / by Jean-Pierre Warnier.
- Author
- Warnier, Jean-Pierre.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 325 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 17
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-309) and indexes.
- Contents
- The human flesh -- The subjects as containers -- The skin-citizens -- "Smoke must be kept inside the house" -- The gifts of the dead monarchs -- The closure of the country -- The king's three bodies -- The royal excrement -- Unbreakable vital piggy-banks -- De-sexualized bachelors -- Theoretical questions, in bodily/material cultures.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-782
- ISBN
- 9789004152175 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9004152172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007039902
- OCLC
- 173640893
- Author
- Warnier, Jean-Pierre.
- Title
- The pot-king : the body and technologies of power / by Jean-Pierre Warnier.
- Imprint
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Series
- African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 17
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-309) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-782