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The Body And Technologies Of Power

by Jean-Pierre Warnier
language: english
Publisher: BRILL, November of 2007 ‧
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The king of Mankon, in the western highlands of Cameroon, is an agricultural engineer by training, a businessman, and a prominent politician on the national stage. He partakes in the "return of the kings" in the forefront of an African public space. This book analyses the principles of the sacred kingship which lie at the core of the king's different roles. While showing that the king's body acts as a container of bodily substances transformed into unifying ancestral life-essence by appropriate means, and bestowed upon its subjects, it develops an innovative approach to bodily and material cultures as an essential component of the technologies of power. In so doing, it departs significantly from previous approaches to sacred kingship.

Pot-King

The Body And Technologies Of Power

by Jean-Pierre Warnier

Property Description
ISBN: 9789047422709
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date: November of 2007
Language: English
Format: eBook
File Format and Compatibility: PDF para ADE
Collection: African Social Studies Series
Categories: eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > Africa
EAN: 9789047422709