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

Author/creator Hellweg, Joseph
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-279) and index.
LCCN 2011000119
ISBN9780226326535 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226326535 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226326542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226326543 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40019477486

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