Read The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia

The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia

Ivo Strecker

4.9/5 (18116 ratings)

Description:At the end of the 19th Century, southern Ethiopia was one of the last areas to experience the "Scramble for Africa," as Emperor Menelik II sent his armies south to conquer and incorporate this territory into his empire. For almost hundred years, the peoples of southern Ethiopia had to live under the highly centralised rule of the Emperor and later that of the Marxist Dergue regime, but this changed in 1991, when a new constitution was proclaimed and all barriers of class, gender, ethnic affiliation, religion and place of birth were officially abolished. But how can such a transformation to a new social order be achieved? What are its obstacles and what are its prospects? To answer this question it is indispensable to know how the culturally different peoples of Ethiopia remember their past, and what conceptions they entertain of each other. The present essays address this issue. In particular, they explore the dangers inherent in situations of cultural contact and examine how the powerful notions of pride, honor, name, and self-esteem come into play, as people struggle to maintain their identity, individually or as a group. The master trope for this kind of sensitivity and vulnerability in social and cultural interaction is "face." This is why the volume is entitled "The Perils of Face."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia. To get started finding The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 3825861228

Description: At the end of the 19th Century, southern Ethiopia was one of the last areas to experience the "Scramble for Africa," as Emperor Menelik II sent his armies south to conquer and incorporate this territory into his empire. For almost hundred years, the peoples of southern Ethiopia had to live under the highly centralised rule of the Emperor and later that of the Marxist Dergue regime, but this changed in 1991, when a new constitution was proclaimed and all barriers of class, gender, ethnic affiliation, religion and place of birth were officially abolished. But how can such a transformation to a new social order be achieved? What are its obstacles and what are its prospects? To answer this question it is indispensable to know how the culturally different peoples of Ethiopia remember their past, and what conceptions they entertain of each other. The present essays address this issue. In particular, they explore the dangers inherent in situations of cultural contact and examine how the powerful notions of pride, honor, name, and self-esteem come into play, as people struggle to maintain their identity, individually or as a group. The master trope for this kind of sensitivity and vulnerability in social and cultural interaction is "face." This is why the volume is entitled "The Perils of Face."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia. To get started finding The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia

The Perils of Face: Essays on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-esteem in Southern Ethiopia

More Books

Astonishment and Evocation: The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology

Astonishment and Evocation: The Spell of Culture in Art and Anthropology

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia) by Ivo Strecker (2010-09-08)

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia) by Ivo Strecker (2010-09-08)

[(Culture and Rhetoric)] [Author: Ivo Strecker] published on (June, 2012)

[(Culture and Rhetoric)] [Author: Ivo Strecker] published on (June, 2012)

Culture and Rhetoric (Studies in Rhetoric and Culture, 1)

Culture and Rhetoric (Studies in Rhetoric and Culture, 1)

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric

The Social Practice of Symbolisation: An Anthropological Analysis (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS MONOGRAPHS ON SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY)

The Social Practice of Symbolisation: An Anthropological Analysis (LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS MONOGRAPHS ON SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY)

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia)

Ethnographic Chiasmus: Essays on Culture, Conflict and Rhetoric (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia)

Writing in the Field: Festschrift for Stephen Tyler (24) (Ethnologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft)

Writing in the Field: Festschrift for Stephen Tyler (24) (Ethnologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft)

Reading the Entrails (8) (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia)

Reading the Entrails (8) (The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia)