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Life and Words : Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary by Veena Das (2006,
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- Subject
- Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political, Violence in Society, World / Asian
- ISBN
- 9780520247451
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Life and Words : Violence and the Descent Into the Ordinary
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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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 ordinary" instead of viewing it as an interruption of life to which we simply bear witness. Das engages with anthropological work on collective violence, rumor, sectarian conflict, new kinship, and state and bureaucracy as she embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the relations among violence, gender, and subjectivity. Weaving anthropological and philosophical reflections on the ordinary into her analysis, Das points toward a new way of interpreting violence in societies and cultures around the globe. The book will be indispensable reading across disciplinary boundaries as we strive to better understand violence, especially as it is perpetrated against women.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520247450
ISBN-13
9780520247451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52022434
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Life and Words : Violence and the Descent Into the Ordinary
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Subject
Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political, Violence in Society, World / Asian
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2006-003041
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
2006003041
Table of Content
Foreword 1. The Event and the Everyday 2. The Figure of the Abducted Woman: The Citizen as Sexed 3. Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain 4. The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Gender, and Subjectivity 5. Boundaries, Violence, and the Work of Time 6. Thinking of Time and Subjectivity 7. In the Region of Rumor 8. The Force of the Local 9. The Signature of the State: The Paradox of Illegibility 10. Three Portraits of Grief and Mourning 11. Revisiting Trauma, Testimony, and Political Community Notes Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
303.60954
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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