Loading…
The intestines of the state : youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields /
The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. For centuries the main victims of the slave trade, they became prime targets for forced labor campaigns under a series of colonial rulers. Today?s youth remain at the bottom of...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | The young people of the Cameroon Grassfields have been subject to a long history of violence and political marginalization. For centuries the main victims of the slave trade, they became prime targets for forced labor campaigns under a series of colonial rulers. Today?s youth remain at the bottom of the fiercely hierarchical and polarized societies of the Grassfields, and it is their response to centuries of exploitation that Nicolas Argenti takes up in this absorbing and original book. Beginning his study with a political analysis of youth in the Grassfields from the eighteenth century to the. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 362 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226026138 0226026132 |