The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley by Girke, Felix

The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781836950615)

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The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley by Girke, Felix

The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley

$34.95
The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley by Girke, Felix

The Wheel of Autonomy: Rhetoric and Ethnicity in the Omo Valley

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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How do the Kara, a small population residing on the eastern bank of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, manage to be neither annexed nor exterminated by any of the larger groups that surround them? Through the theoretical lens of rhetoric, this book offers an interactionalist analysis of how the Kara negotiate ethnic and non-ethnic differences among themselves, the relations with their various neighbors, and eventually their integration in the Ethiopian state. The model of the "Wheel of Autonomy" captures the interplay of distinction, agency and autonomy that drives these dynamics and offers an innovative perspective on social relations.

Author: Felix Girke
ISBN-10: 1836950616
ISBN-13: 9781836950615
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2025
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d
By Felix Girke
By Felix Girke
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Felix Girke is a social/cultural anthropologist and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany. His publications include the edited volumes Ethiopian Images of Self and Other (UVHW, 2014) and The Rhetorical Emergence of Culture (Berghahn Books, 2011). He currently studies the politics of cultural heritage in Myanmar.

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