I did it to save my life [[electronic resource] ] : love and survival in Sierra Leone / / Catherine E. Bolten |
Autore | Bolten Catherine E (Catherine Elizabeth), <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.4044 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico | War and society - Sierra Leone |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
anthropologists anthropology civilians cultural memory ethnographies evangelists fathers government human impact life and death makeni militants military history modern history nonfiction accounts overcoming trauma personal stories political politicians power of love rebel forces rebels sierra leone sierra leoneans social justice social world soldiers students survival traders traumatic experiences true stories violence wartime experiences |
ISBN |
1-282-13419-1
9786613806772 0-520-95353-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779222503321 |
Bolten Catherine E (Catherine Elizabeth), <1976-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I did it to save my life [[electronic resource] ] : love and survival in Sierra Leone / / Catherine E. Bolten |
Autore | Bolten Catherine E (Catherine Elizabeth), <1976-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.4044 |
Collana | California series in public anthropology |
Soggetto topico | War and society - Sierra Leone |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
anthropologists anthropology civilians cultural memory ethnographies evangelists fathers government human impact life and death makeni militants military history modern history nonfiction accounts overcoming trauma personal stories political politicians power of love rebel forces rebels sierra leone sierra leoneans social justice social world soldiers students survival traders traumatic experiences true stories violence wartime experiences |
ISBN |
1-282-13419-1
9786613806772 0-520-95353-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806824403321 |
Bolten Catherine E (Catherine Elizabeth), <1976-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rifle reports [[electronic resource] ] : a story of Indonesian independence / / Mary Margaret Steedly |
Autore | Steedly Mary Margaret <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.803/5 |
Soggetto topico | Karo-Batak (Indonesian people) - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology asia scholars asian studies cultural memory decolonization dutch colonialism ethnographers ethnographic history gender issues gendered history historians independence indonesia indonesian independence karo batak local histories men and women nation formation nationalism nonfiction north sumatra personal histories photographs postcolonialism postwar era sovereignty storytelling veterans villagers wartime experiences |
ISBN | 0-520-95528-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Introduction: The Outskirts of the Nation -- 1. The Golden Bridge -- 2. Buried Guns -- 3. Imagining Independence -- 4. Eager Girls -- 5. Sea of Fire -- 6. Letting Loose the Water Buffaloes -- 7. The Memory Artist -- Conclusion: The Sense of an Ending -- Appendix 1: List of Informants -- Appendix 2: Glossary and Abbreviations -- Appendix 3: Time Line -- Notes -- References -- Index of Cited Informants -- General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786114303321 |
Steedly Mary Margaret <1946-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rifle reports [[electronic resource] ] : a story of Indonesian independence / / Mary Margaret Steedly |
Autore | Steedly Mary Margaret <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.803/5 |
Soggetto topico | Karo-Batak (Indonesian people) - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology asia scholars asian studies cultural memory decolonization dutch colonialism ethnographers ethnographic history gender issues gendered history historians independence indonesia indonesian independence karo batak local histories men and women nation formation nationalism nonfiction north sumatra personal histories photographs postcolonialism postwar era sovereignty storytelling veterans villagers wartime experiences |
ISBN | 0-520-95528-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Introduction: The Outskirts of the Nation -- 1. The Golden Bridge -- 2. Buried Guns -- 3. Imagining Independence -- 4. Eager Girls -- 5. Sea of Fire -- 6. Letting Loose the Water Buffaloes -- 7. The Memory Artist -- Conclusion: The Sense of an Ending -- Appendix 1: List of Informants -- Appendix 2: Glossary and Abbreviations -- Appendix 3: Time Line -- Notes -- References -- Index of Cited Informants -- General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817677703321 |
Steedly Mary Margaret <1946-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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