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States of Imitation

Mimetic Governmentality and Colonial Rule

Patrice Ladwig editor Ricardo Roque editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Published:16th Jun '20

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Late 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, States of Imitation 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.

“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.”• Peter Pels, Leiden University

ISBN: 9781789207385

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150 pages