Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles - Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora

The first ethnography of the Eritrean struggle for independence documents the transnational dimensions of revolution and nation-building from the dual perspective of both Eritrea and its U.S. diaspora.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1. Eritrea and Exile Chapter 2. A Tale of Two Fronts: Nationalism and Political Identity in the ELF and EPLF Chapter 3. Transnational Tegadelti: Fighters and Exiles in the 1970s Chapter 4. Eritrea in Exile: Refugees and Community Building in the United States Chapter 5. Ties That Bind and Sometimes Choke: Transnational Dissonance in Eritrea and Exile Chapter 6. A Painful Paradox: Transnational Civil Society and the Sovereign State Notes Glossary of Tigrinya Terms and Phrases References Index Acknowledgments

About the author

Tricia Redeker Hepner teaches anthropology at the University of Tennessee.

Product details

• Authors: Tricia Redeker Hepner, Hepner Tricia Redeker, Tricia M. Redeker Hepner
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780812241716
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4171-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories