Controlling Anger examines the dilemmas facing rural people who live within the broader context of political instability. Following Uganda's independence from Britain in 1962, the Bagisu men of Southeastern Uganda developed a reputation for extreme violence.
Drawing on a wide range of historical sources including local court records, statistical survey analysis, and intensive fieldwork, Suzette Heald portrays and analyzes the civil violence that grew out of intense land shortage, the marginalization of the Gisu under British rule, and the construction of male gender identity among the Gisu. Now available in a paperback edition with a new preface by the author, Controlling Anger is an important contribution to rural sociology in Africa.
| ISBN: | 9780821412152 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 1998 |
| Author: | Suzette Heald |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Eastern African Studies |
| Genres: |
Violence and abuse in society Anthropology African history |
Controlling Anger examines the dilemmas facing rural people who live within the broader context of political instability. Following Uganda's independence from Britain in 1962, the Bagisu men of Southeastern Uganda developed a reputation for extreme violence.
Drawing on a wide range of historical sources including local court records, statistical survey analysis, and intensive fieldwork, Suzette Heald portrays and analyzes the civil violence that grew out of intense land shortage, the marginalization of the Gisu under British rule, and the construction of male gender identity among the Gisu. Now available in a paperback edition with a new preface by the author, Controlling Anger is an important contribution to rural sociology in Africa.
Controlling Anger features in the following genres: Violence and abuse in society, Anthropology, African history
Controlling Anger is available in Paperback
Controlling Anger was written by Suzette Heald and published by Ohio University Press
Controlling Anger has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Eastern African Studies series