Creating and Crossing Boundaries in Ethiopia : Dynamics of social categorization and differentiation

ISBN-13: 9783643905345 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 266 str.

Susanne Epple

Opis

Ethiopia is best understood as a country with multiple internal divides, but also endless interconnections which are constantly renegotiated. Contributing to the growing literature on the country's cultural diversity, this book offers special emphasis on the contemporary dynamics of intra- and intergroup boundary formation and alteration. It also adds to the more general literature on identity change, boundary transgression of individuals and groups, and cultural contact and change. With contributions from experienced Ethiopian and international scholars, the book offers perspectives on territorial, ethnic, class, caste, gender, and age related boundaries in different parts of the country. (Series: African Studies / Afrikanische Studien - Vol. 53) Subject: Sociology, African Studies, Cultural Studies]

O autorze

Susanne Epple is Assistant Professor at the Dept.of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Addis Ababa University.