Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
5. Chapter 1. Looking Like a Fool 1
6. Part One. Geographies of Sovereignty
7. Chapter 2. Laughing at Leviathan 39
8. Chapter 3. Trekking to New Guinea 69
9. Chapter 4. Waiting for the End in Biak 91
10. Part Two. Signs of Sovereignty in Motion
11. Chapter 5. Frontiers of the Lingua Franca 127
12. Chapter 6. Institutional Power and Interpretive Practice 153
13. Chapter 7. Third-Person Nationalism 177
14. Chapter 8. The Appeal of Slippery Pronouns 203
15. Epilogue
16. Chapter 9. Beasts and Sovereigns 241
17. References 249
18. Notes 283
19. Index 291