Playing Different Games

The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-85745-088-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies

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. Conflicts between the Anywaa and Nuer are explained with reference to three variables: varying modes of identity formation, competition over resources and differential incorporation into the state system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feyissa, Dereje

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 State

Chapter 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

Über Autor(innen)

Feyissa, Dereje
Dereje Feyissa was a 21st Century Centre of Excellence Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Osaka University, from 2003 to 2005, and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle from 2005 to 2008. He has lectured on Ethiopian history and politics at Alemaya University and at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and on Social Anthropology at Martin Luther University and the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Currently, Dereje is a Humboldt Fellow for Experienced Researchers at the University of Bayreuth. His publications focus on social inequality, identity and conflict, ethnic groups and the state, customary institutions of conflict resolution, Islam in contemporary Ethiopia and the political economy of development.

Dereje Feyissa was a 21st Century Centre of Excellence Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Osaka University, from 2003 to 2005, and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle from 2005 to 2008. He has lectured on Ethiopian history and politics at Alemaya University and at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and on Social Anthropology at Martin Luther University and the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Currently, Dereje is a Humboldt Fellow for Experienced Researchers at the University of Bayreuth. His publications focus on social inequality, identity and conflict, ethnic groups and the state, customary institutions of conflict resolution, Islam in contemporary Ethiopia and the political economy of development.