Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Note on Orthography xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1. Centuries of Youth: Remembering, Incorporation, and the Reclamation of History 1
7. 2. Kings, Slaves, and Floating Populations: Discourses of Centrality and Marginality in the Precolonial Era 33
8. 3. Masks of Terror and the Subjection of Cadets 57
9. 4. Aurora colonialis: German Imperialism and the Modernity of Slavery 93
10. 5. Embodied Histories: Royal Investiture, Masking, and Remembering 121
11. 6. From Slaves to Free Boys: Cadets’ Resistance to Gerontocratic, Colonial, and Postcolonial Authority 159
12. 7. The Death of Tears: Mortuary Rites and the Indeterminacy of Dance 189
13. 8. Dancing Death: Memorial Celebrations, the Politics of Ritual Laughter, and the Embodied Memories of Youth 216
14. 9. Histories of the Present, Histories of the Future 242
15. Notes 257
16. Reference List 319
17. Index 347