Playing different games : the paradox of Anywaa and Nuer identification strategies in the Gambella region, Ethiopia / Dereje Feyissa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feyissa, Dereje.

Series:

Integration and conflict studies ; v. 4.

Integration and conflict studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anuak (African people)--Ethiopia--Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī--Ethnic identity.

Nuer (African people)--Ethiopia--Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī--Ethnic identity.

Ethnicity--Ethiopia--Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī.

Ethnicity.

Nuer (African people).

Anuak (African people).

Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia)--Ethnic relations.

Ethiopia--Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī.

Physical Description:

xiv, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

Feyissa (social anthropology, U. of Bayreuth) explores ethnic phenomena through a comparative study of the varying configurations of ethnic identity and the causes of conflict between two ethnic groups. Though the study focuses on a small region in eastern Ethiopia, he argues that the issues raised, the actors involved, and the social space within which the ethnic process occurs extend beyond the Ethiopian state and are intimately related to the political process in neighboring countries, particularly the southern Sudan. After a theoretical orientation, he contrasts the Anywaa primordialist and Nuer constructivist ethnic identity formations. Among the encounters between the people he describes are cultural contestation, differential incorporation into the Ethiopian state, and the civil war in the Sudan and the ethnic processes in the Gambella region. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Theory and methodology. Theoretical orientation and arguments

The contrast. The Anywaa primordial ethnic identity formation. The Nuer constructivist ethnic identity formation

The encounter. In the riverine lands. The cultural contestation. Differential incorporation into the Ethiopian state. The Anywaa response to Ethiopian ethnic federalism. The Nuer response to Ethiopian ethnic federalism. War in the Sudan and ethnic processes in the Gambella region

Conclusion: modes of ethnic identification.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857450883

0857450883

OCLC:

704378353