Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone
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Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone
Keefer, Katrina HB
Lexington Books
11/2024
204
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9781666965780
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding the Leopard
Chapter 1: A Sketch of Sierra Leone and the Context for the Cases
Chapter 2: What Kind of Leopards Were They?
Chapter 3: Cannibalism as European Nightmare and as Spiritual Consumption
Chapter 4: The Court at Gbangbama
Chapter 5: Human Leopards and Poro
Chapter 6: Body Marking, the Orthography of the Skin, and Colonial Assumptions
Chapter 7: Oath-taking, Medicines, and the Colonial Law
Chapter 8: The Special Commission Court Cases Concerning Human Leopards
Conclusion: Regional Tensions on Trial
Appendix: The People
Bibliography
About the Author
Introduction: Understanding the Leopard
Chapter 1: A Sketch of Sierra Leone and the Context for the Cases
Chapter 2: What Kind of Leopards Were They?
Chapter 3: Cannibalism as European Nightmare and as Spiritual Consumption
Chapter 4: The Court at Gbangbama
Chapter 5: Human Leopards and Poro
Chapter 6: Body Marking, the Orthography of the Skin, and Colonial Assumptions
Chapter 7: Oath-taking, Medicines, and the Colonial Law
Chapter 8: The Special Commission Court Cases Concerning Human Leopards
Conclusion: Regional Tensions on Trial
Appendix: The People
Bibliography
About the Author
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Comparative religious studies;crimonology;European paranoia;Human Leopards;indigenous belief systems;judicial overreach;murder cases;secret societies;shapeshifters;socio-political turmoil;West African beliefs;xenophobia
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding the Leopard
Chapter 1: A Sketch of Sierra Leone and the Context for the Cases
Chapter 2: What Kind of Leopards Were They?
Chapter 3: Cannibalism as European Nightmare and as Spiritual Consumption
Chapter 4: The Court at Gbangbama
Chapter 5: Human Leopards and Poro
Chapter 6: Body Marking, the Orthography of the Skin, and Colonial Assumptions
Chapter 7: Oath-taking, Medicines, and the Colonial Law
Chapter 8: The Special Commission Court Cases Concerning Human Leopards
Conclusion: Regional Tensions on Trial
Appendix: The People
Bibliography
About the Author
Introduction: Understanding the Leopard
Chapter 1: A Sketch of Sierra Leone and the Context for the Cases
Chapter 2: What Kind of Leopards Were They?
Chapter 3: Cannibalism as European Nightmare and as Spiritual Consumption
Chapter 4: The Court at Gbangbama
Chapter 5: Human Leopards and Poro
Chapter 6: Body Marking, the Orthography of the Skin, and Colonial Assumptions
Chapter 7: Oath-taking, Medicines, and the Colonial Law
Chapter 8: The Special Commission Court Cases Concerning Human Leopards
Conclusion: Regional Tensions on Trial
Appendix: The People
Bibliography
About the Author
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
