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11%OFFSverker Finnström - Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda - 9780822341918 - V9780822341918
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Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda

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Description for Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda Paperback. An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. 304 pages, 8 illustrations. Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. This title describes how the Acholi - the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife - understand and attempt to control their moral universe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight: 448.
Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced to fight. Many observers have perceived Acholiland and northern Uganda to be an exception in contemporary Uganda, which has been celebrated by the international community for its increased political stability and particularly for its fight against AIDS. These observers tend to portray the Acholi as war-prone, whether because of religious fanaticism or intractable ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
The Cultures and Practices of Violence
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822341918
SKU
V9780822341918
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About Sverker Finnström
Sverker Finnström is a researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre of Uppsala University.

Reviews for Living with Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda
“Living with Bad Surroundings . . . [is] a very good book, perhaps the best written on northern Uganda since the 1970s. It will be an ideal text for courses dealing with Africa and the local realities of modern armed conflicts.” - Tim Allen, Times Literary Supplement “[An] insightful, compelling ethnography. . . . Finnström has important things to say ... Read more

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