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Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Dereje Feyissa
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Description for Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Hardback. Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are naturalA" or socially constructed.A" Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JFSL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
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. Conflicts between the Anywaa and Nuer are ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Integration and Conflict Studies
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857450883
SKU
V9780857450883
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About Dereje Feyissa
Dereje Feyissa was a 21st Century Centre of Excellence Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Osaka University, from 2003 to 2005, and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle from 2005 to 2008. He has lectured on Ethiopian history and politics at Alemaya University and at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University ... Read more
Reviews for Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
"[A]n ethnographically rich, historically meticulous, theoretically informed analysis of ethnic conflict in a strategically important area of Africa. It shows the value of multi-sited methodologies that bring international, national and regional levels to bear upon the analysis of Africa’s new, civil wars.” · Stephen Reyna, University of Manchester