| Controlling Anger: The Anthropology of Gisu Violence Contributor(s): Heald, Suzette (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821412159 ISBN-13: 9780821412152 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 98020864 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Series: Eastern African Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.42" W x 8.53" (0.98 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Controlling Anger examines the dilemmas facing rural people who live within the broader context of political instability. Following Uganda's independence from Britain in 1962, the Bagisu men of Southeastern Uganda developed a reputation for extreme violence. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources including local court records, statistical survey analysis, and intensive fieldwork, Suzette Heald portrays and analyzes the civil violence that grew out of intense land shortage, the marginalization of the Gisu under British rule, and the construction of male gender identity among the Gisu. Now available in a paperback edition with a new preface by the author, Controlling Anger is an important contribution to rural sociology in Africa. |