The wheel of autonomy : rhetoric and ethnicity in the Omo Valley / Felix Girke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girke, Felix, author.

Series:

Integration and conflict studies.

Integration and conflict studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karo (African people)--Ethiopia--Ethnic identity.

Karo (African people).

Karo (African people)--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)--Ethnic identity.

Guji (African people)--Ethiopia--Ethnic identity.

Guji (African people).

Differentiation (Sociology)--Ethiopia.

Differentiation (Sociology).

Ethiopia--Ethnic relations.

Ethiopia.

Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)--Ethnic relations.

Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2018]

Summary:

"How do the Kara, a small population residing on the eastern bank of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, manage to be neither annexed nor exterminated by any of the larger groups that surround them? Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state. The model of the "Wheel of Autonomy" captures the interplay of distinction, agency and autonomy that drives these dynamics and offers an innovative perspective on social relations."--Publisher's summary.

Contents:

Introduction : how do they do it?

A rhetorical approach to groups and ethnicity

Categories of being Kara

Ethnicity within Kara : the demotion of the Bogudo

The Moguji : all that is not Kara

The schism and other predicaments of the Moguji

The regional other in the cultural neighbourhood

South Omo in Kara terms

The cleverness of the Kara

Seeing like a tribe

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83695-217-1

1-78533-951-6

OCLC:

1022075267