ISBN:
9789047422709
,
9047422708
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 325 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
African social studies series v. 17
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Warnier, Jean-Pierre Pot-king
DDC:
305.89636
Keywords:
Mankon (African people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Power (Social sciences) Cameroon
;
Mankon
;
Mankon (African people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Sakralkönigtum
;
Ahnenkult
;
Körpererfahrung
;
Körperbild
;
Sachkultur
;
Körper
;
Herrschaft
;
König
;
Sozialstruktur
;
Politische Struktur
;
König
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies
;
Kings and rulers
;
Manners and customs
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Mankon (Cameroon) Kings and rulers
;
Mankon (Cameroon) Social life and customs
;
Mankon (Cameroon) Kings and rulers
;
Mankon (Cameroon) Social life and customs
;
Kamerun ; Nordwest
;
Mankon
;
Mankon (Kamerun)
;
Cameroon ; Mankon
;
Kamerun
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The king of Mankon (Cameroon) acts as a container of ancestral substances he distributes to his people. This book shows how the exercise of power in a contemporary African kingdom is based on the implementation of bodily and material technologies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-309) and indexes. - Description based on print version record
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