Former Guerrillas in Mozambique

Former Guerrillas in Mozambique describes the trajectories of former RENAMO combatants in Mozambique and emphasizes the ways in which they navigate unstable and sometimes dangerous social and political environments during and after a civil war.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

Part I. Setting the Stage

Chapter 1. War Stories

Chapter 2. When Elephants Fight

Part II. Family Affairs

Chapter 3. Wartime Kin and Wartime Husbands

Chapter 4. Navigating the Supernatural World

Chapter 5. Why Did the Soldiers Not Return Home?

Part III. Navigating Politics

Chapter 6. About Eating and Drinking

Chapter 7. "Only a Bit Mozambican"

Conclusion

Epilogue

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Nikkie Wiegink teaches in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University.

Summary

Former Guerrillas in Mozambique describes the trajectories of former RENAMO combatants in Mozambique and emphasizes the ways in which they navigate unstable and sometimes dangerous social and political environments during and after a civil war.

Product details

• Authors: Nikkie Wiegink
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2020
• EAN: 9780812252057
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5205-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories