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 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anuak (African people)--Ethiopia--Gambela Astedader Akababi--Ethnic identity.

Anuak (African people).

Nuer (African people)--Ethiopia--Gambela Astedader Akababi--Ethnic identity.

Nuer (African people).

Ethnicity--Ethiopia--Gambela Astedader Akababi.

Ethnicity.

Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia)--Ethnic relations.

Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are 'natural' or 'socially constructed'. Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. The argument is substantiated through a comparative analysis of ethnic identity formation and ethnic conflict among the Anywaa and the Nuer in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia. The Anywaa and the Nuer are not just two ethnic groups but two kinds of ethnic groups. C

Contents:

Playing Different Games; INTEGRATION AND CONFLICT STUDIES; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Introduction: The Regional Setting of Ethnic Identification and Ethnic Conflict; Part I: Theory and Methodology; Chapter 1: Theoretical Orientation and Arguments; Part II: The Contrast; Chapter 2: The Anywaa Primordialist Ethnic Identity Formation; Chapter 3: The Nuer Constructivist Ethnic Identity Formation; Part III: The Encounter; Chapter 4: In the Riverine Lands; Chapter 5: The Cultural Contestation

Chapter 6: Differential Incorporation into the Ethiopian StateChapter 7: The Anywaa Response to Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism; Chapter 8: The Nuer Response to Ethiopian Ethnic Federalism; Chapter 9: Civil War in the Sudan and Ethnic Processes in the Gambella Region; Conclusion: Modes of Ethnic Identification; Glossary of Local Terms; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857450890

0857450891

OCLC:

746746626