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

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

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Author / Creator:Feyissa, Dereje.
Imprint:New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Description:1 online resource (254 pages).
Language:English
Series:Integration & Conflict Studies, vol. 4
Integration & Conflict Studies, vol. 4.
Subject:
Anuak (African people) -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī -- Ethnic identity.
Nuer (African people) -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī -- Ethnic identity.
Ethnicity -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī.
Ethnic relations.
Ethnicity.
Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia) -- Ethnic relations.
Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868375
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ISBN:9780857450890
0857450891
1306056063
9781306056069
0857450883
9780857450883
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Feyissa, Dereje. Playing Different Games : The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., ©2011 9780857450883
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Regional Setting of Ethnic Identification and Ethnic Conflict
  • Theory and Methodology
  • The Contrast
  • The Encounter
  • Conclusion: Modes of Ethnic Identification.

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