04166nam 2200757 a 450 991111047610332120241107094316.09786613806772978128213419512821341919780520953536052095353310.1525/9780520953536(CKB)2550000000105911(EBL)977266(OCoLC)801363594(SSID)ssj0000702822(PQKBManifestationID)11369339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000702822(PQKBWorkID)10687545(PQKB)10520114(StDuBDS)EDZ0001053943(MiAaPQ)EBC977266(OCoLC)808341835(MdBmJHUP)muse52230(DE-B1597)519450(DE-B1597)9780520953536(Au-PeEL)EBL977266(CaPaEBR)ebr10582905(CaONFJC)MIL380677(ODN)ODN0001013009(Perlego)550344(EXLCZ)99255000000010591120120605d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrI did it to save my life love and survival in Sierra Leone /Catherine E. Bolten1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (293 p.)California series in public anthropology ;24Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27379-6 0-520-27378-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.Utilizing narratives of seven different people-soldier, rebel, student, trader, evangelist, father, and politician-I Did it To Save My Life provides fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. Individuals in the town of Makeni narrate survival through the rubric of love, and by telling their stories and bringing memory into the present, create for themselves a powerful basis on which to reaffirm the rightness of their choices and orient themselves to a livable everyday. The book illuminates a social world based on love, a deep, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space and through time. In situating their wartime lives firmly in this social world, they call into question the government's own narrative that Makeni residents openly collaborated with the rebel RUF during its three-year occupation of the town. Residents argue instead that it was the government's disloyalty to its people, rather than rebel invasion and occupation, which destroyed the town and forced uneasy co-existence between civilians and militants.California series in public anthropology ;24.War and societySierra LeoneSierra LeoneHistoryCivil War, 1991-2002Personal narrativesSierra LeoneHistoryCivil War, 1991-2002Psychological aspectsSierra LeoneHistoryCivil War, 1991-2002Social aspectsWar and society966.4044SOC002000bisacshBolten Catherine E(Catherine Elizabeth),1976-1985691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911110476103321I did it to save my life4759922UNINA03706nam 2200817Ia 450 991109965920332120260415133236.09780791488690079148869197805854631860585463182(CKB)111087027855254(OCoLC)61367585(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587297(SSID)ssj0000208579(PQKBManifestationID)11189344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208579(PQKBWorkID)10244806(PQKB)11768670(OCoLC)52856159(MdBmJHUP)muse5868(Au-PeEL)EBL3408098(CaPaEBR)ebr10587297(DE-B1597)681960(DE-B1597)9780791488690(MiAaPQ)EBC3408098(Perlego)2674715(OCoLC)1428233912(EXLCZ)9911108702785525420011016d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNatural discourse toward ecocomposition /Sidney I. Dobrin, Christian R. Weisser1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (209 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791453568 0791453561 9780791453551 0791453553 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-191) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Ecocomposition -- The Evolution of Ecocomposition -- Ecology and Composition -- Ecocomposition and Activist Intellectualism -- Ecocomposition Pedagogy -- Ecocomposition: Perspectives, Perceptions, and Possibilities -- Notes -- References -- IndexThe first full-length book to address the relationships between environment and discourse, Natural Discourse explains why and how ecocomposition has become such a critical part of composition studies. Beginning by exploring the roots of ecocomposition, including a history of the use of the term ecocomposition, the book then examines ecological aspects of composition studies, and looks at how ecocomposition is informed by ecocriticism, cultural studies, ecofeminism, environmental rhetoric, and composition studies. The authors draw on their own experiences as teachers of writing and outdoor enthusiasts to describe how ecocomposition can address issues of language and nature, public intellectualism, and pedagogy.Nature studyAcademic writingStudy and teachingInterdisciplinary approach in educationEcologyAuthorshipStudy and teachingNatural historyAuthorshipStudy and teachingEnvironmental literatureAuthorshipStudy and teachingEnglish languageRhetoricStudy and teachingNature study.Academic writingStudy and teaching.Interdisciplinary approach in education.EcologyAuthorshipStudy and teaching.Natural historyAuthorshipStudy and teaching.Environmental literatureAuthorshipStudy and teaching.English languageRhetoricStudy and teaching.808/.066333Dobrin Sidney I.1967-1083158Weisser Christian R.1970-1957671MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911099659203321Natural discourse4745409UNINA