The Resource I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone, Catherine E. Bolten
I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone, Catherine E. Bolten
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The item I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone, Catherine E. Bolten represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Utilizing narratives of seven different people--soldier, rebel, student, trader, evangelist, father, and politician--I Did it To Save My Life provides fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. Individuals in the town of Makeni narrate survival through the rubric of love, and by telling their stories and bringing memory into the present, create for themselves a powerful basis on which to reaffirm the rightness of their choices and orient themselves to a livable everyday. The book illuminates a social world based on love, a deep, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space and through time. In situating their wartime lives firmly in this social world, they call into question the government's own narrative that Makeni residents openly collaborated with the rebel RUF during its three-year occupation of the town. Residents argue instead that it was the government's disloyalty to its people, rather than rebel invasion and occupation, which destroyed the town and forced uneasy co-existence between civilians and militants"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 268 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war
- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital
- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier
- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel
- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student
- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader
- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist
- "They really damaged me": the father
- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician
- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010
- Isbn
- 9780520273795
- Label
- I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone
- Title
- I did it to save my life
- Title remainder
- love and survival in Sierra Leone
- Statement of responsibility
- Catherine E. Bolten
- Subject
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- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Africa -- West
- History
- Personal narratives
- Psychological aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Psychological aspects
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Social aspects
- Social aspects
- War and society
- War and society -- Sierra Leone
- 1991-2002
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Utilizing narratives of seven different people--soldier, rebel, student, trader, evangelist, father, and politician--I Did it To Save My Life provides fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. Individuals in the town of Makeni narrate survival through the rubric of love, and by telling their stories and bringing memory into the present, create for themselves a powerful basis on which to reaffirm the rightness of their choices and orient themselves to a livable everyday. The book illuminates a social world based on love, a deep, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space and through time. In situating their wartime lives firmly in this social world, they call into question the government's own narrative that Makeni residents openly collaborated with the rebel RUF during its three-year occupation of the town. Residents argue instead that it was the government's disloyalty to its people, rather than rebel invasion and occupation, which destroyed the town and forced uneasy co-existence between civilians and militants"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bolten, Catherine E.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- California series in public anthropology
- Series volume
- 24
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- War and society
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Psychological aspects
- Social aspects
- War and society
- Sierra Leone
- Label
- I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone, Catherine E. Bolten
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010
- Control code
- ocn808341835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 268 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520273795
- Lccn
- 2012022912
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/cttqxh4d
- 0754b076-b142-406e-974e-26c72a687b91
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)808341835
- Label
- I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone, Catherine E. Bolten
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010
- Control code
- ocn808341835
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxii, 268 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520273795
- Lccn
- 2012022912
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/cttqxh4d
- 0754b076-b142-406e-974e-26c72a687b91
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)808341835
Subject
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Africa -- West
- History
- Personal narratives
- Psychological aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Psychological aspects
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Social aspects
- Social aspects
- War and society
- War and society -- Sierra Leone
- 1991-2002
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