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Hunting the ethical state : the Benkadi movement of Côte d'Ivoire
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- Creator
- Joseph Hellweg
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781283362597, 0226326543, 0226326535, 9780226326535, 9780226326542, 0226326551, 1283362597, 9780226326559
- OCLC
- ocn772845715, ocn666234968
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- 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-