Andrea Behrends

Lifeworlds in Crisis

Making Refugees in the Chad-Sudan Borderlands

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on two decades of fieldwork, an anthropologist's revealing exploration of conflict, displacement and cooperation at the margins of the state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 137mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780197781333
• ISBN-10: 0197781330
• Artikelnr.: 69725678

Autorenporträt

Andrea Behrends is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. Focusing on African issues, she has previously taught at universities in Bayreuth, Berlin, Vienna, Halle (Saale) and Hamburg. Alongside colleagues from Chad, she continues to work on human categorization and belonging, displacement and aid, resource extraction, datafication and activism.

Rezensionen

'This scholarly book discusses the Chadian crisis, exploring topics such as war, security, displacement and mineral resources. With intelligence and empathy, Andrea Behrends offers us a vision of what it is to live in a world in crisis.' Fatou Sow, Professor of Sociology, Cheikh Anta Diop University