{"product_id":"changing-identifications-and-alliances-in-north-east-africa-volume-i-ethiopia-and-kenya-9781845456030","title":"Changing Identifications and Alliances in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tForms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eWith contributions by many of the leading scholars of the region, these volumes convey both the distinctiveness of these diverse communities and their mutual relationships and reciprocal influences, thus providing an analytical handbook to this important region.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003eboth theoretically and ethnographically, these volumes present a major contribution to contemporary anthropology, as well as social sciences in general.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEthnos: Journal of Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“… an excellent introduction to the region and its interconnected peoples, as well as a useful guide to ethnographical approaches applied by international scholarship. ... It brings sharp insights into the pragmatism of ‘traditional identities’ as small-scale societies cope - mostly remarkably successfully - with historical values, the vicissitudes of daily life, and the deep but varying impact of modern states that claim them as ‘subject-citizens.’ ... This is a really worthwhile volume with much to offer at first reading, and as a future reference source of ethnographic description of great historical value.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Cedric Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e, SOAS\/Africa Research Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Maps, Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGünther Schlee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSpace and Time: Introduction to the Geography and Political History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGünther Schlee and Elizabeth E. Watson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Identification and Insecurity in the Lower Omo Valley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Fate of the Suri: Conflict and Group Tension on the South-West Ethiopian Frontier\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJon Abbink\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistance and Bravery: On Social Meanings of Guns in South-West Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKen Masuda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Modernization in the Lower Omo Valley and Adjacent Marches of Eastern Equatoria, Sudan: 1991–2000\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSerge Tornay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II. Institutions of Identification and Networks of Alliance among Rift Valley Agriculturalists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t4. Burji: Versatile by Tradition\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHermann Amborn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Significance of the Oral Traditions of the Burji for Perceiving and Shaping their Inter-ethnic Relations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander Kellner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mobility, Knowledge and Power: Craftsmen in the Borderland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHermann Amborn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III. Land, Identification and the State in Ethiopia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e7. \u003c\/strong\u003e‘We Have Been Sold’: Competing with the State and Dealing with Others\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTadesse Wolde Gossa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Identity, Encroachment and Ethnic Relations: the Gumuz and their Neighbours in North-Western Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWolde-Selassie Abbute\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Debates over Culture in Konso since Decentralization (1991)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElizabeth E. Watson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Changing Alliances of Guji-Oromo and their Neighbours: State Policies and Local Factors\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTaddesse Berisso\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV. Pastoralists in the Kenya-Ethiopia Borderlands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Changing Alliances among the Boran, Garre and Gabra in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGünther Schlee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003e12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Roads to Nowhere: Nomadic Understandings of Space and Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn C. Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042981577047,"sku":"9781845456030","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-identifications-and-alliances-in-north-east-africa-volume-i-ethiopia-and-kenya-9781845456030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}