Somali culture, society, and politics : essays in honour of I.M. Lewis Lewis, I. M. Hèohne, Markus Virgil. Luling, Virginia. text bibliography festschrift nyu New York Columbia University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xiii, 437 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Introduction: Lewis and the Remaining Challenges in Somali Studies / Virginia Luling -- PART I: THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND TODAY -- Reflections 1943-63 / John Drysdale -- Benign Neglect versus La Grande Somalia: the Colonial Legacy and the Post-colonial Somali State / Gerard Prunier -- PART II: CLAN POLITICS, PASTORAL ECONOMY AND CHANGE -- Speculations on the Historical Origins of the 'Total Somali Genealogy' / Lee V. Cassanelli -- Trade, Lineages, Inequalities: Twists in the Northern Somali Path to Modernity / Luca Ciabarri -- The Question of Ethnicity in Somali Studies: The Case of Somali Bantu Identity / Ken Menkhaus -- The Political Anthropology of 'Pastoral Democracy': Scope and Limitations of a PoliticaL Ecology -- Marcel Djama -- PART III: ISLAM -- Political Islam in Somali History / Hussein M. Adam -- Women, Islamists and the Military Regime in Somalia: The New Family Law and its Implications / Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) -- PART IV: SPIRIT POSSESSION -- Spirits and the Human World in Northern Somalia / Marja Tiilikainen -- A Saar Gaamuri in Somalia: Spirit Possession as Expression of Women's Autonomy? / Anita Adam --PART V: POETRY -- Somalia: A Nation's Literary Death Tops Its Political Demise / Said S. Samatar -- The Politics of Poetry in the Horn of Africa: a Case Study in Macro-level and Micro-level Tradition / John William Johnson -- Virtual Geminates in the Metre of Somali Poetry / Mohamed Hashi Dhama'Gaarriye' -- Cabdillahi Suldaan Maxamed Timocadde (1920-1973): The Man with the Roaring Voice, Looking like a Lion / Boobe Yusuf Duale -- PART VI: CULTURAL VARIATIONS -- Language Marginalisation, Ethnic Nationalism, and Cultural Crisis in Somalia / Mohamed Haji Mukhtar -- Farmers from Arabia: the Role of Gibil Cad Groups in the Interior of Southern Somalia / Virginia Luling -- PART VII: LANGUAGE -- The Structure of Coordination in Somali / Annarita Puglielli -- Somali (Nick)Names and their Meanings / Axmed Cabdullahi Duaale -- PART VIII: CONCLUSION -- Reflections on the Somali State: What Went Wrong and Why it might not Matter / Sally Healy -- The Social Anthropologist as Historian: Ioan Lewis as Chronicler of Somalia / Charles Geshekter -- Published Works of Ioan M. Lewis. edited by Markus V. Hoehne and Virginia Luling. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-so--- Somalia Civilization Somalia Politics and government Somalia Política y gobierno Somalia Civilización 544 DT 402.2 P355 2010 967.73 9780231701747 (alk. paper) 0231701748 (alk. paper) 2010010735 DLC 100316 20230410103937.0 112172