Argenti, Nicolas. <br/><br/>
The intestines of the state :  youth, violence, and belated histor ies in the Cameroon grassfields / 
Nicolas Argenti. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2007. 
 - xviii, 362 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345) and index. 
<br/><br/>Centuries of youth : remembering, incorporation, and the reclamation of history -- Kings, slaves, and floating populations : discourses of centrality and marginality in the precolonial era -- Masks of terror an d the subjection of cadets -- Aurora colonialis : German imperialism an d the modernity of slavery -- Embodied histories : royal investiture, m asking, and remembering -- From slaves to free boys : cadets' resistanc e to gerontocratic, colonial, and postcolonial authority -- The death o f tears : mortuary rites and the indeterminacy of dance -- Dancing deat h : memorial celebrations, the politics of ritual laughter, and the emb odied memories of youth -- Histories of the present, histories of the f uture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226026121 0226026124 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007-011955 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Oku (African people)--History.<br/>Oku (African people)--Politics and government.<br/>Oku (African people)--Social life and customs.<br/>Slavery--History.--Cameroon--North-West Province<br/>Young men--Attitudes.--Cameroon--North-West Province<br/>Young men--Psychology.--Cameroon--North-West Province
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.896/36