{"product_id":"violence-and-belonging-vigdis-broch-due-9780415290074","title":"Violence and Belonging: The Quest for Identity in Post-Colonial Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eModernization in Africa has created new problems as well as new freedoms. Multiparty democracy, resource privatization and changing wealth relationships, have not always created stable and prosperous communities, and violence continues to be endemic in many areas of African life - from civil war and political strife to violent clashes between genders, generations, classes and ethnic groups. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eViolence and Belonging \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the crucial formative role of violence in shaping people's ideas of who they are in uncertain postcolonial contexts where, as resources dwindle and wealth is contested, identities and ideas of belonging become a focal area of conflict and negotiation. Focusing on fieldwork from across the continent, its case studies consider how routine everyday violence ties in with wider regional and political upheavals, and how individuals experience and legitimize violence in its different forms. The Zimbabwean and Sudanese civil wars, Kenyan Kikuyu domestic conflicts, Rwandan massacres and South African Truth and Reconciliation processes, are among the contexts explored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vigdis Broch-Due\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415290074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415290074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.16w x 0.60d","brand":"Vigdis Broch-Due","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136067023103,"sku":"9780415290074","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f7c72fe-c2c9-4587-85ed-5911ee403a47.jpg?v=1770160294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/violence-and-belonging-vigdis-broch-due-9780415290074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}