Unsettled: Denial and Belonging Among White Kenyans

307 Pages·2016·11.395 MB·English

by  Janet McIntosh

Unsettled
Denial and Belonging
among White Kenyans
Janet McIntosh
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
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Unsettled
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
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UGANDA
RIFT VALLEY
A
Laikipia District I
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NORTH A
EASTERN M
WESTERN
EASTERN O
Rumuruti
Soysambu S
Kisumu Ranch Nanyuki
Lake Nakuru CENTRAL Mount Kenya
Victoria Lake Elmenteita GilgilHIGHLANDS
NYANZA Naivasha OF KENYA
Kijabe Thika Aberdare
Mountain
Karen Nairobi Range
Rongai MachakoSsab
NAIROBI aki
River COAST
Tsavo West
National Park Tsavo East
National Park
TANZANIA Mt. Kilimanjaro Mambrui
Malindi
Kilifi Watamu
Takaungu INDIAN
0 50 100 mi
Mombasa OCEAN
0 50 100 150 km
Kenya and its neighbors. This map shows places mentioned in the text.
Unsettled
Denial and Belonging
among White Kenyans
Janet McIntosh
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McIntosh, Janet, 1969– author.
Title: Unsettled : denial and belonging among white
Kenyans / Janet McIntosh.
Other titles: Ethnographic studies in subjectivity ; 10.
Description: Oakland, California : University of
California Press, [2016] | “2016 | Series: Ethnographic
studies in subjectivity ; 10 | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifi ers: lccn 2015043971 | isbn 9780520290495
(cloth : alk. paper) | isbn 9780520290518 (pbk. : alk.
paper) | isbn 9780520964631 (ebook)
Subjects: lcsh: Whites—Kenya—History. | Kenya—
History—1963– | Kenya—Social conditions—1963–
Classifi cation: lcc dt433.545.B74 M35 2016 | ddc
305.809/06762—dc23
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For Tobias and Theo, with love beyond words
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Unsettled 1
2 Loving the Land 48
3 Guilt 84
4 Confl icted Intimacies 115
5 Linguistic Atonement 151
6 The Occult 179
Conclusion 209
Notes 225
References 261
Index 283