Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics by Hoehne, Markus V.

Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199327133)

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Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics by Hoehne, Markus V.

Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics

$55.00
Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics by Hoehne, Markus V.

Milk and Peace Drought and War: Somali Culture, Society and Politics

$55.00
Format: Hardcover
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I. M. Lewis, anthropologist and historian, is widely considered to be the greatest researcher to chart the origins and development of Somalia. In this volume, established and emerging scholars review Lewis's work, along with the findings of others, and advance new, groundbreaking methods and unprecedented topics.

Contributors tackle the impact of colonial powers, such as Britain and Italy; Somali poetic heritage and its relationship with politics; variations between northern/pastoral and southern/agropastoral populations within Somali culture; the significance of clanship, including its influence on livestock trading networks; the origin and nature of Somali "total genealogy"; the political future of the country following the breakdown of the centralized state; and the role of the Somali diaspora. Chapters explain "spirit possession cults," the study of which Lewis helped to establish, and the intricacies of Somali language, names, and terms of kinship. A thorough introduction details the trajectory of Lewis's career and the extent of his legacy after five decades of scholarship.

Author: Markus V. Hoehne
ISBN-10: 0199327130
ISBN-13: 9780199327133
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2010
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.83w x 1.19d
By Markus V. Hoehne
By Markus V. Hoehne
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Markus V. Hoehne is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany. His research focuses on identity and conflict in northern Somalia (Somaliland and Puntland) where he conducted 22 months of field research in 2002, 2003-2004, and 2008-2009. He is also part of a research project funded by the European Union on "Diasporas for Peace" (DIASPEACE).

Virginia Luling studied at Oxford and London and took her PhD in Social Anthropology in 1972. Her field research was done in Afgooye, Somalia. She is Secretary of the Anglo-Somali Society and is working on a history of the Begedi clan.

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