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

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

Author/creator	Hellweg, Joseph
Other author/creator	ProQuest (Firm)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011.
Description	xvi, 291 pages : illustrations
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Subject(s)	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-

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-279) and index.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011000119

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