Remapping Ethiopia : socialism & after / edited by Wendy James, Donald L. Donham, Eisei Kurimoto, Alessandro Triulzi.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

James, Wendy.

Donham, Donald L. (Donald Lewis)

Kurimoto, Eisei.

Triulzi, Alessandro.

Conference Name:

International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (13th : 1997 : Kyoto, Japan)

Series:

Eastern African studies (London, England)

Eastern African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Politics and government.

Ethiopia--Politics and government--1974-1991--Congresses.

Ethiopia.

Ethiopia--Politics and government--1991---Congresses.

Socialism--Ethiopia--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : J. Currey ; Addis Ababa : Addis Ababa University press Athens : Ohio University Press, 2002.

Contents:

I The Political Framework 9

1 Controlling Space in Ethiopia / Christopher Clapham 9

II Looking Back on Projects of the Socialist State, 1974-91 33

2 Evading the Revolutionary State: The Hor under the Derg / Tadesse Wolde 37

3 Memory & the Humiliation of Men: The Revolution in Aari / Alexander Naty 59

4 Close yet Far: Northern Shewa under the Derg / Ahmed Hassan Omer 74

5 Garrison Towns & the Control of Space in Revolutionary Tigray / Jenny Hammond 90

6 Modernist Dreams & Human Suffering: Villagization among the Guji Oromo / Taddesse Berisso 116

7 Surviving Resettlement in Wellegga: The Qeto Experience / Alula Pankhurst 133

III The Promise of 1991: Re-shaping the Future & the Past 151

8 Paradoxes of Power & Culture in an Old Periphery: Surma, 1974-98 / Jon G. Abbink 155

9 Political Visibility & Automatic Rifles: The Muguji in the 1990s / Hiroshi Matsuda 173

10 Evangelical Christianity & Ethnic Consciousness in Majangir / Ren'ya Sato 185

11 Capturing a Local Elite: The Konso Honeymoon / Elizabeth Watson 198

12 Fear & Anger: Female Versus Male Narratives among the Anywaa / Eisei Kurimoto 219

13 Imperial Nostalgia: Christian Restoration & Civic Decay in Gondar / Cressida Marcus 239

IV 'Ethiopia' from the Outside 257

14 No Place to Hide: Flag-waving on the Western Frontier / Wendy James 259

15 Battling with the Past: New Frameworks for Ethiopian Historiography / Alessandro Triulzi 276.

Notes:

"The project was first launched at a special panel ... at the XIIIth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, held in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-299) and index.

ISBN:

082141447X

OCLC:

50035176