Hutu Rebels - Exile Warriors in the Eastern Congo

Anna Hedlund is a social anthropologist at Lund University and a Senior Research Associate with the South African Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg.

Sommario

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction. Conflict and Violence in the Congo

Chapter 1. Rwandan Rebels in the Congo War: Power, Politics, and Exile

Chapter 2. Rainbow Brigade: Life in a Rebel Camp

Chapter 3. Politics in the Forest: Retelling History in Exile

Chapter 4. Captivity and Commitment

Chapter 5. The Forest of Volcanoes: Rebel-Civilian Interactions

Chapter 6. From Bare Life to Bare Violence

References

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

Info autore

Anna Hedlund

Riassunto

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a rebel camp located deep in the Congo forest, Anna Hedlund explores the micropolitics and practices of everyday life in a community of Hutu rebel fighters and their families and attempts to understand why they continue to fight in what appears to be an endless conflict.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anna Hedlund
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780812251449
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5144-9
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Ethnography of Political Viole; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence; Hutu Rebels
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Anthropologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society