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5 Mäskäräm

  • James De Lorenzi
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Feasting on History
This chapter is in the book Feasting on History

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Feasts of History
  6. 1 The Power of Tradition 15
  7. 2 Mysterious Magic 34
  8. 3 Reading Philology in Addis Ababa 54
  9. PART II: Imperial Andromeda
  10. 4 Ferragosto 77
  11. 5 Mäskäräm 94
  12. 6 “Cerulli and His Ilk” 114
  13. Part III: Years of Hardship
  14. 7 The Chronicler of Asinara 141
  15. 8 Survival in Shäwa 167
  16. 9 Bath and Dhanaane 198
  17. Part IV: Dead Reckoning
  18. 10 Case 7887 217
  19. 11 Field Operations 247
  20. Conclusion 277
  21. Glossary 287
  22. Transliteration and Dates 291
  23. List of Abbreviations 293
  24. Notes 297
  25. Bibliography 395
  26. Index 435
https://doi.org/10.7312/delo21775-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I: Feasts of History
  6. 1 The Power of Tradition 15
  7. 2 Mysterious Magic 34
  8. 3 Reading Philology in Addis Ababa 54
  9. PART II: Imperial Andromeda
  10. 4 Ferragosto 77
  11. 5 Mäskäräm 94
  12. 6 “Cerulli and His Ilk” 114
  13. Part III: Years of Hardship
  14. 7 The Chronicler of Asinara 141
  15. 8 Survival in Shäwa 167
  16. 9 Bath and Dhanaane 198
  17. Part IV: Dead Reckoning
  18. 10 Case 7887 217
  19. 11 Field Operations 247
  20. Conclusion 277
  21. Glossary 287
  22. Transliteration and Dates 291
  23. List of Abbreviations 293
  24. Notes 297
  25. Bibliography 395
  26. Index 435
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