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Controlling anger : the anthropology of Gisu violence
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ISBN: 0821412159 0852552467 Year: 1998 Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Oxford : Kampala : Ohio University Press ; J. Currey ; Fountain Publishers,

Manhood and morality
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ISBN: 1134665598 0203272765 1134665601 1280182377 0203004868 9786610182374 9780203272763 9780203004869 9780415185776 0415185777 9780415185783 0415185785 9781134665594 0415185777 0415185785 9781134665556 9781134665600 Year: 1999 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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'An impressive and meticulously crafted African ethnography, which has theoretical and practical relevance for understanding masculinity and violence in general'- David Parkin, Professor of Anthropology, Cambridge University Manhood and Morality explores issues of male identity among the Gisu of Uganda and the moral dilemma faced by men who define themselves by their capacity for violence. Drawing extensively on twenty years of fieldwork and on psychological theory the book covers: circumcisionOedipal feelingswitchcraftdeviancejokingsexualityand ethnicity.

Controlling anger: the sociology of gisu violence
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ISBN: 0719025664 Year: 1989 Publisher: Manchester Manchester University Press

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Anthropology and psychoanalysis : an encounter through culture
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ISBN: 0415097428 0415097436 Year: 1994 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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Anthropology and psychoanalysis
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ISBN: 1134861532 1280336188 020320056X 9780203200568 0203200594 9780203200599 9781280336188 9786610336180 6610336180 9780415097420 0415097428 9780415097437 0415097436 0415097428 0415097436 9781134861538 9781134861484 1134861486 9781134861521 1134861524 Year: 1994 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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In Anthropology and Psychoanalysis the contributors, both practising anthropologists and psychoanalysts, explore in detail the interface between the two disciplines and locate this within the history of both anthropology and psychoanalysis. In particular, they deal with the distinctive reactions of British, French and American anthropology to psychoanalysis and the way in which the present fracturing of each of these national traditions and their post-modern turn has led to a new willingness to investigate the relationships between the disciplines and the role of the unconscious in cu


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Art, Performance and Ritual in Benin City
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ISBN: 1474468586 0748652981 0748633189 0748633162 Year: 2007 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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This title explores the roles of contemporary urban shrines and their visual traditions in Benin City. It focuses on the charismatic priests and priestesses who are possessed by a pantheon of deities, the communities of devotees, and the artists who make artifacts for their shrines.


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Quel genre d’homme ? : Construction sociale de la masculinité, relations de genre et développement
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ISBN: 2940503761 Year: 2016 Publisher: Genève : Graduate Institute Publications,


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Evidence, Ethos and Experiment : The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa

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