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Death squad : the anthropology of state terror /

"There is real personal danger for anthropologists who dare to speak and write against terror; by doing so, they potentially and sometimes actually bring the terror down on themselves."--Jeffrey A. Sluka, from the IntroductionDeath Squad is the first work to focus specifically on the anthr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sluka, Jeffrey A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2000.
Colección:Ethnography of political violence.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : State terror and anthropology / Jeffrey A. Sluka
  • A fictional reality : paramilitary death squads and the construction of state terror in Spain / Begoña Aretxaga
  • Trials by fire : dynamics of terror in Punjab and Kashmir / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
  • State terror in the netherworld : disappearance and reburial in Argentina / Antonius C.G.M. Robben
  • The homogenizing effects of state-sponsored terrorism : the case of Guatemala / Frank M. Afflitto
  • "For God and Ulster" : the culture of terror and loyalist death squads in Northern Ireland / Jeffrey A. Sluka
  • Ninjas, nanggalas, monuments, and Mossad manuals : an anthropology of Indonesian state terror in East Timor / George J. Aditjondro
  • Murdered or martyred? Popular evaluations of violent death in the Muslim separatist movement in the Philippines / Thomas M. McKenna
  • Parents and their children in situations of terror : disappearances and special police activity in Punjab / Joyce Pettigrew
  • Conclusion : Death squads and wider complicities : dilemmas for the anthropology of violence / Kay B. Warren.