Hoffman The War Machines

Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9448-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Cultures and practice of violence series

Based on ethnographic research among militias in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Danny Hoffman considers how young men are made available for violent labor on battlefields and in dangerous unregulated industries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoffman, Danny

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction: War Machines 1
I. Histories
1. The Mano River War: A Chronology 27
2. Hunters, Lumpens, and War Boys: A Social History of the Kamajors 55
3. States of Conflict: A Social History of the Kamajors Continued 88
II. Building The Barracks
4. Big Men, Small Boys 127
5. The Barracks 162
6. The Hotel Kamajor 194
7. The Magic of War 224
Conclusion: A Laboratory of the Future 252
Notes 261
Bibliography 273
Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Danny Hoffman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. As a photojournalist, he documented conflicts in southern Africa and the Balkans from 1994 to 1998.