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Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa: Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands (Integration and Conflict Studies) (v. 2)
G Nther Schlee
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Hardcover. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed.. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502. Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight: 502.
Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Integration and Conflict Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845456047
SKU
V9781845456047
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About G Nther Schlee
Günther Schlee was a Professor at Bielefeld until 1999. He currently is the director of the section Integration and Conflict at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, focusing on Africa, Central Asia, and Europe. His publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (International African Institute, 1989), How Enemies are Made (Berghahn, 2008), Rendille ... Read more
Reviews for Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa: Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands (Integration and Conflict Studies) (v. 2)
“With contributions by many of the leading scholars of the region, these volumes convey both the distinctiveness of these diverse communities and their mutual relationships and reciprocal influences, thus providing an analytical handbook to this important region.” · African Studies Review “…both theoretically and ethnographically, these volumes present a major contribution to contemporary anthropology, as well as ... Read more