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Living with bad surroundings : war, history, and everyday moments in northern Uganda / Sverker Finnstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finnström, Sverker.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Cultures and practice of violence series.
- Cultures and practice of violence series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acholi (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Acholi (African people).
- War and society--Uganda--Northern Province.
- War and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war.
- Contents:
- Orientations: War and culture in Uganda
- Acholi worlds and the colonial encounter
- Neocolonial legacies and evolving war
- Rebel manifestos in context
- Displacements
- Wartime rumors and moral truths
- Uprooting the pumpkins
- Reorientations: Unfinished realities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613022639
- 9781283022637
- 128302263X
- 9780822388791
- 0822388790
- OCLC:
- 191855688
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