Playing Different Games : the Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia.

Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are 'natural' or 'socially constructed'. Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feyissa, Dereje
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Colección:Integration & Conflict Studies, vol. 4.
Temas:
Anuak (African people) > Ethiopia > Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī > Ethnic identity.
Nuer (African people) > Ethiopia > Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī > Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity > Ethiopia > Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia) > Ethnic relations.
Ethiopia > Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are 'natural' or 'socially constructed'. Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. The argument is substantiated through a comparative analysis of ethnic identity formation and ethnic conflict among the Anywaa and the Nuer in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia. The Anywaa and the Nuer are not just two ethnic groups but two kinds of ethnic groups. C.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (254 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857450890
0857450891

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