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Hunting the ethical state : the Benkadi movement of Côte d'Ivoire

Title: Hunting the ethical state : the Benkadi movement of Côte d'Ivoire / Joseph Hellweg.
Author: Hellweg, Joseph.
Publication: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2011.

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Description

xvi, 291 p. : ill.; 25 cm

Subject

Crime prevention > Côte d'Ivoire > Citizen participation > History > 20th century
Social movements > Côte d'Ivoire > History > 20th century
Hunting customs > Côte d'Ivoire
Africans > Côte d'Ivoire > Rites and ceremonies
Sacrifice > Social aspects > Côte d'Ivoire
Islamic occultism > Social aspects > Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire > History > 1993-

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-279) and index.

Contents

Mestizo dozos: sacrifice, shape-shifting, and the state -- Criminal instability: history, identity, and mimesis in a state of exception -- Dozos at home and on the hunt -- Sacrificing for security -- Disappearance as power: Islam and the secret history of Manimory -- Organizing Benkadi -- Stalking crime -- The power in the Nightjar's call: dozo performance as social drama -- Conclusion: from civic duty to civil war.

Call Number

Sc E 12-119

ISBN

9780226326535 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226326535 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226326542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226326543 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011000119

OCLC

666234968

Author

Hellweg, Joseph.

Title

Hunting the ethical state : the Benkadi movement of Côte d'Ivoire / Joseph Hellweg.

Imprint

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-279) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 12-119

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