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