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Author Østebø, Terje, author

Title Islam, ethnicity, and conflict in Ethiopia : the Bale Insurgency, 1963-1970 / Terje Østebø, University of Florida
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series African studies series
African studies series.
Contents Islaama peoplehood and landscapes of Bale -- Conquest and resistance -- Bale at war -- The insurgency : fighters and fragmentation -- Peasant insurgency without peasants -- Land tenure and the land-clan connection -- Christianity, nation, and Amhara peoplehood -- Trans-local dynamics : the Bale Insurgency in the context of the Horn -- Islaama vs. Amhara and the making of local antagonism -- The Bale Insurgency, Islaama, and Oromo ethno-nationalism
Summary "Focusing on the role of religion and ethnicity in times of conflict, Terje Østebø investigates the Muslim-dominated insurgency against the Ethiopian state in the 1960s, shedding new light on this understudied case in order to contribute to a deeper understanding of religion, interreligious relations, ethnicity, and ethno-nationalism in the Horn of Africa. Islam, Ethnicity and Conflict in Ethiopia develops new theoretical perspectives on the interrelations between ethnic and religious identities, considering ethnic and religious groups as mutually exclusive categories by applying the term peoplehood as an analytical tool, one that allows for more flexible perspectives. Exploring the interplay of imagination and lived, affective reality, and inspired by the "materiality turn" in cultural- and religious studies, Østebø argues for an integrated approach which recognizes and explores embodiment and emplacement as intrinsic to formations of ethnic and religious identities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2020)
Subject Bale Insurgency, Ethiopia, 1963-1970.
Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Ethiopia
Muslims -- Ethiopia -- Balē Kifle Hāger -- History
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity -- Political aspects
Muslims
Politics and government
Religion
SUBJECT Ethiopia -- Ethnic relations -- History
Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1889-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045148
Balē Kifle Hāger (Ethiopia) -- Religion
Balē Kifle Hāger (Ethiopia) -- History
Subject Ethiopia
Ethiopia -- Balē Kifle Hāger
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020038973
ISBN 9781108884839
1108884830
Other Titles Bale Insurgency, 1963-1970