Controlling Anger

The Sociology of Gisu Violence

• Author(s): Suzette Heald,
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Pages: 296
• ISBN_10: 0719025664
  ISBN_13: 9780719025662
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies ,

Description:... Set in the immediate post-independence period in Uganda, this study deals with the local effects of the collapse of State authority and explores the problem of social control and the construction of male gender identity. Of interest to those studying human emotion, and those studying the consequences of the breakdown of political control in modern Africa. First published in 1989, with the subtitle The Sociology of Gisu Violence. This paperback edition contains a brief preface by the author on political changes in the region. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR