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Playing Different Games
The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Inbunden, 2011
1921 kr
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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 …
Who Owns the Stock?
Collective and Multiple Property Rights in Animals
Av Anatoly M. Khazanov, Günther Schlee
Inbunden, 2012
1921 kr
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The issue of collective and multiple property rights in animals, such as cattle, camels or reindeers, among pastoralists has never been a subject of special cross-cultural and comparative study. Focusing on pastoralist societies in East and West Africa, the Far North and Siberia, and the Eurasian …
Irish/ness Is All Around Us
Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland
Av Olaf Zenker
Inbunden, 2013
1620 kr
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Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of 'Irish culture' in the domains of language, music, dance and sports. The author’s theoretical …
Variations on Uzbek Identity
Strategic Choices, Cognitive Schemas and Political Constraints in Identification Processes
Av Peter Finke
Inbunden, 2014
1880 kr
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Throughout its history the concept of “Uzbekness,” or more generally of a Turkic-speaking sedentary population, has continuously attracted members of other groups to join, as being Uzbek promises opportunities to enlarge ones social network. Accession is comparatively easy, as Uzbekness is grounded …
Domesticating Youth
Youth Bulges and their Socio-political Implications in Tajikistan
Av Sophie Roche
Inbunden, 2014
1921 kr
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Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-à-vis other age groups. Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a “youth bulge” increases the potential for …
Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia
Inbunden, 2014
1921 kr
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Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promotes a specifically …
Friendship, Descent and Alliance in Africa
Anthropological Perspectives
Av Martine Guichard, Tilo Grätz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1921 kr
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Friendship, descent and alliance are basic forms of relatedness that have received unequal attention in social anthropology. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from …
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-east Africa
Volume I: Ethiopia and Kenya
Av Günther Schlee, Elizabeth E. Watson
Häftad, 2013
527 kr
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Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in northeast Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific …
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-east Africa
Volume II: Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands
Av Günther Schlee, Elizabeth E. Watson
Häftad, 2013
527 kr
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Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya …
Masks and Staffs
Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields
Inbunden, 2015
1880 kr
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The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups – Grassfields societies, Mbororo, and Hausa – provide a valuable case study for the anthropological examination of identity politics and interethnic relations. In the midst of the political liberalization of Cameroon in the late 1990s and 2000s, …
Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Av Jacqueline Knörr, Christoph Kohl
Inbunden, 2016
1979 kr
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For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how …
Staying at Home
Identities, Memories and Social Networks of Kazakhstani Germans
Av Rita Sanders
Inbunden, 2016
1921 kr
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Despite economic growth in Kazakhstan, more than 80 per cent of Kazakhstan’s ethnic Germans have emigrated to Germany to date. Disappointing experiences of the migrants, along with other aspects of life in Germany, have been transmitted through transnational networks to ethnic Germans still living …
Irish/ness Is All Around Us
Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland
Av Olaf Zenker
Häftad, 2016
527 kr
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Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of 'Irish culture' in the domains of language, music, dance and sports. The author’s theoretical …
Domesticating Youth
Youth Bulges and their Socio-political Implications in Tajikistan
Av Sophie Roche
Häftad, 2016
527 kr
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Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-à-vis other age groups. Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a “youth bulge” increases the potential for …
'City of the Future'
Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana
Inbunden, 2016
1880 kr
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Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams …
On Retaliation
Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Basic Human Condition
Av Bertram Turner, Günther Schlee
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of …
Masks and Staffs
Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields
Häftad, 2017
527 kr
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The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups – Grassfields societies, Mbororo, and Hausa – provide a valuable case study for the anthropological examination of identity politics and interethnic relations. In the midst of the political liberalization of Cameroon in the late 1990s and 2000s, …
Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
Av Günther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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What does it mean to "fit in?" In this volume of essays, editors Gunther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann demystify the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about the role of sameness and difference as the basis for inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local …
Bishkek Boys
Neighbourhood Youth and Urban Change in Kyrgyzstan’s Capital
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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In this pioneering ethnographic study of identity and integration, author Philipp Schröder explores urban change in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek from the vantage point of the male youth living in one neighbourhood. Touching on topics including authority, violence, social and imaginary geographies, …
Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia
Häftad, 2018
316 kr
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Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promotes a specifically …
Wheel of Autonomy
Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley
Av Felix Girke
Inbunden, 2018
1921 kr
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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 …
'City of the Future'
Built Space, Modernity and Urban Change in Astana
Häftad, 2018
527 kr
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Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams …
On Retaliation
Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of a Basic Human Condition
Av Bertram Turner, Günther Schlee
Häftad, 2018
298 kr
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Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations. This book derives a concept of retaliation from the overall notion of …
Playing the Marginality Game
Identity Politics in West Africa
Inbunden, 2019
1861 kr
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In Guinea, situated against the background of central government struggles, rural elites use identity politics through contemporary political reforms to maintain their privileges and perpetuate a generations-old local social contract that bridges ethnic and religious divides. Simultaneously, …
Mobile Urbanity
Somali Presence in Urban East Africa
Av Neil Carrier, Tabea Scharrer
Inbunden, 2019
1921 kr
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The increased presence of Somalis has brought much change to East African towns and cities in recent decades, change that has met with ambivalence and suspicion, especially within Kenya. This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth, and …
Space, Place and Identity
Woɗaaɓe of Niger in the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2020
1921 kr
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Known as highly mobile cattle nomads, the Woɗaaɓe in Niger are today increasingly engaged in a transformation process towards a more diversified livelihood based primarily on agro-pastoralism and urban work migration. This book examines recent transformations in spatial patterns, notably in the …
Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnicity and Religion
Av Günther Schlee, Alexander Horstmann
Häftad, 2020
307 kr
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What does it mean to “fit in?” In this volume of essays, editors Günther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann demystify the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about the role of sameness and difference as the basis for inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local …
On Mediation
Historical, Legal, Anthropological and International Perspectives
Av Karl Härter, Carolin F. Hillemanns m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1880 kr
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Exploring mediation and related practices of conflict regulation, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach that includes historical, legal, anthropological and international perspectives. Divided into three sections, the volume observes historical and current relations between mediation and …
Lands of the Future
Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa
Av Echi Christina Gabbert, Fana Gebresenbet m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2123 kr
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Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers …
Staying at Home
Identities, Memories and Social Networks of Kazakhstani Germans
Av Rita Sanders
Häftad, 2021
527 kr
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Despite economic growth in Kazakhstan, more than 80 per cent of Kazakhstan’s ethnic Germans have emigrated to Germany to date. Disappointing experiences of the migrants, along with other aspects of life in Germany, have been transmitted through transnational networks to ethnic Germans still living …
