Networks of Dissolution: Somalia UndoneRoutledge, 2019 M03 13 - 256 pages In this penetrating and timely book, Anna Simons documents Somalia's impending slide toward anarchy. How do people react to a failing yet still repressive government? What do they do when the banks run out of cash? How do they cope with unprecedented uncertainty? These are some of the questions Simons addresses as she introduces the reader to Somal |
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... despite our best attempts—mine and those of people willing to talk—the situation in Mogadishu was not particularly conducive to attempting classical ethnography. Rather, there were constraints long before the "trouble" started. Language ...
... despite our best attempts—mine and those of people willing to talk—the situation in Mogadishu was not particularly conducive to attempting classical ethnography. Rather, there were constraints long before the "trouble" started. Language ...
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... despite the lack of tourism or a tourist industry, could be had in Mogadishu though—some of it Somali in origin but much of it imported. A considerable proportion of this stock was sold in small shops jumbled along the Lido, where store ...
... despite the lack of tourism or a tourist industry, could be had in Mogadishu though—some of it Somali in origin but much of it imported. A considerable proportion of this stock was sold in small shops jumbled along the Lido, where store ...
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... despite its catering to westerners and Somalis with Western vices (i.e., drinking), the Lido was still of a piece with the rest of older, downtown Mogadishu—crumbling stucco, pastel walls—while just past the storefronts and bars was the ...
... despite its catering to westerners and Somalis with Western vices (i.e., drinking), the Lido was still of a piece with the rest of older, downtown Mogadishu—crumbling stucco, pastel walls—while just past the storefronts and bars was the ...
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... despite their consumption of western goods, such as VCRs, televisions, and other luxury electronic items, Somalis certainly did not appear to visibly admire the West either. Not only were Somali styles of dress the preferred fashion ...
... despite their consumption of western goods, such as VCRs, televisions, and other luxury electronic items, Somalis certainly did not appear to visibly admire the West either. Not only were Somali styles of dress the preferred fashion ...
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... despite overt and public chauvinism allowed under colonialism, colonial accounts reflect a genuine level of interest in Somalis and their culture. Clearly British civil servants felt themselves integral to commitments made by their ...
... despite overt and public chauvinism allowed under colonialism, colonial accounts reflect a genuine level of interest in Somalis and their culture. Clearly British civil servants felt themselves integral to commitments made by their ...
Contents
PART TWO HISTORIES | |
PART THREE CHRONOLOGY 19881989 | |
PART FOUR PASTORAL IDEOLOGY AND URBAN | |
Pastoral Principles | |
Ties | |
Moralities | |
Tribalism | |
PART FIVE FAMILY TO FAMILY | |
A Rigorous Ending | |
No Ending | |
Bibliography | |
About the Book and Author | |
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