Chechnya : life in a war-torn society /
This is an illumination of one of the world's most troubled regions from a unique perspective - that of a prominent Russian intellectual. Valery Tishkov examines the evolution of the war in Chechnya that erupted in 1994, untangling the myths and the long-held resentments that have fueled the cr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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Colección: | California series in public anthropology ;
6. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 Ethnography and Theory; 2 Indigenization, Deportation, and Return; 3 Contradictory Modernization; 4 Chechen Images; 5 The Road to War; 6 Dzhokhar: Hero and Devil; 7 The Sons of War; 8 The Culture of Hostage-Taking; 9 Violence in Secessionist Warfare; 10 The Impact on Family Life; 11 Religion and the Chechen Conflict; 12 The Myth and Reality of the "Great Victory"; 13 An Ideology of Extremes; 14 Chechnya as a Stage and a Role; NOTES; MAIN CHARACTERS; INFORMANTS AND INTERVIEWERS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.