Hunting the ethical state : the Benkadi movement of Côte d'Ivoire / Joseph Hellweg.
| Author/creator | Hellweg, Joseph |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| LCCN | 2011000119 |
| ISBN | 9780226326535 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226326535 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226326542 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226326543 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019477486 |