Chapter 1. Somalia from the Margins: An Alternative Approach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Part I. Introduction
5. Chapter 1. Somalia from the Margins: An Alternative Approach 3
6. Chapter 2. Fieldwork, Surprises, and Historical Anthropology 26
7. Part II. The Historical Creation of the Gosha
8. Chapter 3. Slavery and the Jubba Valley Frontier 47
9. Chapter 4. The Settlement of the Upper Gosha, 1895-1988 70
10. Part III. The Gosha Space in Somali Society
11. Chapter 5. Hard Hair: Somali Constructions of Gosha Inferiority 113
12. Chapter 6. Between Domination and Collusion: The Ambiguity of Gosha Life 132
13. Chapter 7. Negotiating Hegemony and Producing Culture 159
14. Part IV. Violence and the State
15. Chapter 8. The Political Economy of Subordination 181
16. Chapter 9. Conclusion 224
17. Epilogue 236
18. Glossary 239
19. Notes 241
20. Bibliography 259
21. Index 275