Book

Controlling anger: the sociology of Gisu violence

Manchester University Press, for the International African Institute, London ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's PressManchester [England] • Published In 1989 • Pages: xi, 296

By: Heald, Suzette.

Abstract
This monograph is based on the author's fieldwork among the Bagisu people of Central Bugisu, Uganda, from August 1965 to June l969. The main emphasis in this work is to show the various ways in which violence presents itself in Bagisu life, and the manner in which it is brought under control in the society. Most of the major topics in this document, are related to violence and its repression. These topics include: an account of the reputation of the Bagisu for violence leading back to early colonial days; statistics on homicide; the association of violence with manhood and the expression of anger; the ordeal of circumcision; behavior and treatment of witches and thieves; inheritance; kinship; hostility management in the community; ancestor beliefs; joking and avoidance behavior; and the establishment of new institutions to control violence, such as the vigilante groups and the drinking companies.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Social relationships and groups
Sodalities
Mode of marriage
Ingroup antagonisms
Kin relationships
Parents-in-law and children-in-law
Lineages
Community heads
Police
Offenses against life
Offenses against the person
Property offenses
Sorcery
Ethnopsychology
Puberty and initiation
Adulthood
culture
Bagisu
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2003
Field Date
August 1965-June 1969
Coverage Date
1900-1970s
Coverage Place
Bugisu District, Mount Ellgon region, Uganda
Notes
Suzette Heald
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-289) and index
LCCN
89014546
LCSH
Gisu (African people)