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Author Feyissa, Dereje

Title Playing Different Games : the Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Published New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages)
Series Integration & Conflict Studies, vol. 4
Integration & Conflict Studies, vol. 4
Contents Introduction: The Regional Setting of Ethnic Identification and Ethnic Conflict -- Theory and Methodology -- The Contrast -- The Encounter -- Conclusion: Modes of Ethnic Identification
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Anuak (African people) -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī -- Ethnic identity
Nuer (African people) -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī -- Ethnic identity
Ethnicity -- Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
SUBJECT Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī (Ethiopia) -- Ethnic relations
Subject Ethiopia -- Gambēla Āstedader Ākababī
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780857450890
0857450891