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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
PT. I. INTRODUCTION
1. Somalia from the Margins: An Alternative Approach
2. Fieldwork, Surprises, and Historical Anthropology
PT. II. THE HISTORICAL CREATION OF THE GOSHA
3. Slavery and the Jubba Valley Frontier
4. The Settlement of the Upper Gosha, 1895-1988
PT. III. THE GOSHA SPACE IN SOMALI SOCIETY
5. Hard Hair: Somali Constructions of Gosha Inferiority
6. Between Domination and Collusion: The Ambiguity of Gosha Life
7. Negotiating Hegemony and Producing Culture
PT. IV. VIOLENCE AND THE STATE
8. The Political Economy of Subordination
9. Conclusion
Epilogue
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Unraveling Somalia

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 7 May 1999
      ISBN-13 9780812216882
      978-0812216882
      ISBN-10 0812216881
      Also in:
      African history Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery Human rights, civil rights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Besteman's well-written and important book is a fine example of how careful scholarship can expose the realities behind widely held beliefs."-Choice

      Trade Review
      "Besteman's well-written and important book is a fine example of how careful scholarship can expose the realities behind widely held beliefs." * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      PT. I. INTRODUCTION
      1. Somalia from the Margins: An Alternative Approach
      2. Fieldwork, Surprises, and Historical Anthropology
      PT. II. THE HISTORICAL CREATION OF THE GOSHA
      3. Slavery and the Jubba Valley Frontier
      4. The Settlement of the Upper Gosha, 1895-1988
      PT. III. THE GOSHA SPACE IN SOMALI SOCIETY
      5. Hard Hair: Somali Constructions of Gosha Inferiority
      6. Between Domination and Collusion: The Ambiguity of Gosha Life
      7. Negotiating Hegemony and Producing Culture
      PT. IV. VIOLENCE AND THE STATE
      8. The Political Economy of Subordination
      9. Conclusion
      Epilogue
      Glossary
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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