| Description |
x, 261 p. : 1 map. |
| Note |
"Most of the chapters of this volume come from a larger collection of papers produced for a conference held in 2000 under the auspices of the Research Programme 'Poverty and Prosperity in Africa: Local and Global Perspectives' at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Violence and belonging: analytical reflections / Vigdis Broch-Due -- "Nowadays they can even kill you for that which they feel is theirs": gender and the production of ethnic identity in Kikuyu-speaking Central Kenya / Amrik Heyer -- Conflicts in context: political violence and anthropological puzzles / Harri Englund -- Hunger, violence and the moral economy of war in Zimbabwe / Jocelyn Alexander, Jo Ann McGregor -- Violence and the boundaries of belonging: comparing two border disputes in the South African lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Fertile moral links: reconsidering Barabaig violence / Astrid Blystad -- "Food itself is fighting with us": a comparative analysis of the impact of Sudan's civil war on South Sudanese civilian populations located in the North and the South / Sharon Elaine Hutchinson -- The politics of identity and the remembrance of violence: ethnicity and gender at the installation of a female chief in Zimbabwe / Bjorn Lindgren -- Double-voiced violence in Kenya / John G. Galaty -- Escape from genocide: the politics of identity in Rwanda's massacres / Johan Pottier -- Women and the politics of identity: voices in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Fiona C. Ross -- Ambiguous identities: the notion of war and "significant others" among the Tigreans of Ethiopia / Kjetil Tronvoll. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Political violence -- Africa -- Case studies -- Congresses.
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Poverty -- Africa -- Congresses.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Broch-Due, Vigdis.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0415290066 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415290074 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0203499972 (electronic bk.) |
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