Politics of Elite Culture - Explorations in the Dramaturgy of Power in a Modern African Society

"This volume rests solidly upon the best available modern research into the political culture of Sierra Leone, and its Creole community in particular, as well as upon thoroughly original field research by Professor Cohen into the symbolic and ritualistic dynamics of what he rightly calls 'state elites' in the Sierra Leone polity. There is simply nothing quite like it in the literature of moder African politics. It will rank at the top of the literature on political culture." --Martin Kilson

About the author

Abner Cohen was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.

Product details

• Authors: Abner Cohen, Cohen Abner
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780520307193
• ISBN: 978-0-520-30719-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology