Kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6117656
AutoresIan Fowler (Ehlers-Danlos Society, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen40
Número4
Páginas292-311
Fecha de publicación2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReviews in Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0093-8157 • E-ISSN: 1556-3014
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00938157.2011.624994
OpenAlexW2021501990
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas28

The three volumes considered here offer significant contributions to studies of African kingship and contribute to an emergent political anthropology of the Grassfields. Each adopts an approach on a sliding scale of emphasis on evidence and interpretation. Fardon takes a strongly evidence-based approach, reflecting recent methodological concerns in anthropology, which invites challenge and dialogue. Warnier presents an innovative methodological paradigm which emphasizes interpretation through observation of human action in engagement with material culture. Argenti takes the view that slave raiding underpins state formation and masquerades, and presents his own interpretations in that light. His approach resonates strongly with contemporary moral concerns about the Atlantic slave trade but lacks historical evidence. KEYWORDS: interpretation and evidencekingshipmaterial cultureslavery

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