{"product_id":"states-of-imitation-mimetic-governmentality-and-colonial-rule-9781789207378","title":"States of Imitation: Mimetic Governmentality and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tLate Western colonialism often relied on the practice of imitating indigenous forms of rule in order to maintain power; conversely, indigenous polities could imitate Western sociopolitical forms to their own benefit. Drawing on historical ethnographic studies of colonialism in Asia and Africa, \u003cem\u003eStates of Imitation\u003c\/em\u003e examines how the colonial state attempted to administer, control, and integrate its indigenous subjects through mimetic governmentality, as well the ways indigenous states adopted these imitative practices to establish reciprocal ties with, or to resist the presence of, the colonial state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This delightful collection of studies from Lusophone and Francophone colonies finally advances us beyond the critique of colonial representations, to an ethnography of the ambiguities and risks of a reciprocal colonial presence.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter Pels\u003c\/strong\u003e, Leiden University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mimetic Governmentality, Colonialism, and the State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Ladwig and Ricardo Roque\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dances with Heads: Parasitic Mimesis and the Government of Savagery in Colonial East Timor\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRicardo Roque\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Variants of Frontier Mimesis: Colonial Encounter and Intercultural Interaction in the Lao Vietnamese Uplands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOliver Tappe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Hut-Hospital as Project and as Practice: Mimeses, Alterities, and Colonial Hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCristiana Bastos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imitations of Buddhist Statecraft: The Patronage of Lao Buddhism and the Reconstruction of Relic Shrines and Temples in Colonial French Indochina\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Ladwig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Colonial Mimesis and Animal Breeding: Karakul Sheep in Southwestern Angola\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTiago Saraiva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Colonial State and Carnival: The Complexity and Ambiguity of Carnival in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristoph Kohl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mimetic Primitivism: Notes on the Conceptual History of Mimesis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Ladwig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePostscript:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Risks and Failures of Imitation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrice Ladwig and Ricardo Roque\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042562146647,"sku":"9781789207378","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789207378.jpg?v=1750954650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/states-of-imitation-mimetic-governmentality-and-colonial-rule-9781789207378","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}