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Life and words : violence and the descent into the ordinary /
In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena D...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In a major departure from much anthropological inquiry, Das asks how this violence has entered "the recesses of the ord. |
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| Notas: | "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Page [ii]. "Philip E Lilienthal Asian studies imprint."--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) : maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520939530 0520939530 1429419148 9781429419147 1601295324 9781601295323 1282358405 9781282358409 9786612358401 6612358408 0520247442 9780520247444 0520247450 9780520247451 |