Violence
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Violence
（School of American Research advanced seminar series）
School of American Research Press , James Currey, 2004
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Comprises papers from the School of American Research advanced seminar "Culture and conflict: the poetics of violent practice" held in May 2002
Bibliography: p. 271-297
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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uk : pbk ISBN 9780852559727
Description
Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Nine prominent ethnographers engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, drawing onfieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka, Spain, and the United States. This research makes clear that within specific cultures, violent acts are expressions of cultural codes imbued with great meaning for both perpetrator and victim. 'Unless the perpetrator's view is part of our own understanding,' editor Neil Whitehead observes, 'how to address the sources of violence will escape us.'
Covering wide ranging regimes of violence, these essays examine various aspects of state violence, legitimate and illegitimate forms of violence, the impact of anticipatory violence on daily life, and its effects long after theevents themselves have passed. In the marginal spaces of global ethnoscapes, violence becomes a form of cultural affirmation and expression in the face of a loss of 'tradition' and dislocations of ethnic communities.
North America: School for Advanced Research Press
Table of Contents
Introduction: cultures, conflicts & the poetics of violent practice by Neil L. Whitehead - Violence, culture & the Indonesian public sphere: some ethnographic tasks by Kenneth M. George - On the poetics of violence by Neil L. Whitehead - Deadly images: king sacrifice, President Habyarimana, & pregenocidal Rwandan popular literature by Christopher C. Taylor - Interpreting violence: reflections on West African wars by Stephen Ellis - Before the law: the narrative of the unconscious in Basque political violence by Begona Aretxaga - The poetics of genocidal practice: violence under the Khmer Rouge by Alex Hinton - Disco-very: anthropology, nationalist thought, Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan, & an uncertain descent into the ordinary by Pradeep Jeganathan - True crime by Mark Seltzer - The tomorrow of violence by Carolyn Nordstrom - Confessional performances: perpetrators' testimonies to the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission by Leigh A. Payne
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uk : hbk ISBN 9780852559734
Description
Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Nine prominent ethnographers engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, drawing onfieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka, Spain, and the United States. This research makes clear that within specific cultures, violent acts are expressions of cultural codes imbued with great meaning for both perpetrator and victim. 'Unless the perpetrator's view is part of our own understanding,' editor Neil Whitehead observes, 'how to address the sources of violence will escape us.'
Covering wide ranging regimes of violence, these essays examine various aspects of state violence, legitimate and illegitimate forms of violence, the impact of anticipatory violence on daily life, and its effects long after theevents themselves have passed. In the marginal spaces of global ethnoscapes, violence becomes a form of cultural affirmation and expression in the face of a loss of 'tradition' and dislocations of ethnic communities.
North America: School for Advanced Research Press
Table of Contents
Introduction: cultures, conflicts & the poetics of violent practice by Neil L. Whitehead - Violence, culture & the Indonesian public sphere: some ethnographic tasks by Kenneth M. George - On the poetics of violence by Neil L. Whitehead - Deadly images: king sacrifice, President Habyarimana, & pregenocidal Rwandan popular literature by Christopher C. Taylor - Interpreting violence: reflections on West African wars by Stephen Ellis - Before the law: the narrative of the unconscious in Basque political violence by Begona Aretxaga - The poetics of genocidal practice: violence under the Khmer Rouge by Alex Hinton - Disco-very: anthropology, nationalist thought, Thamotharampillai Shanaathanan, & an uncertain descent into the ordinary by Pradeep Jeganathan - True crime by Mark Seltzer - The tomorrow of violence by Carolyn Nordstrom - Confessional performances: perpetrators' testimonies to the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission by Leigh A. Payne
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us : hbk ISBN 9781930618510
Description
Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Ten prominent scholars engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, in cases drawn from fieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka, Spain, and the United States. This research makes clear that within specific cultures, violent acts are expressions of cultural codes imbued with great meaning for both perpetrator and victim. "Unless the perpetrator's view is part of our own understanding," editor Neil L. Whitehead observes, "how to address the sources of violence will escape us." Covering wide-ranging regimes of violence, these essays examine various aspects of state violence, legitimate and illegitimate forms of violence, the impact of anticipatory violence on daily life, and its effects long after the events themselves have passed. In the marginal spaces of global ethnoscapes, violence becomes a form of cultural affirmation and expression in the face of a loss of "tradition" and dislocations of ethnic communities. This book is dedicated to the memory of BegoOa Aretxaga.
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us : pbk ISBN 9781930618527
Description
Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural expression itself? Ten prominent scholars engage this question across geographies as diverse at their theoretical positions, in cases drawn from fieldwork in Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka, Spain, and the United States. This research makes clear that within specific cultures, violent acts are expressions of cultural codes imbued with great meaning for both perpetrator and victim. "Unless the perpetrator's view is part of our own understanding," editor Neil L. Whitehead observes, "how to address the sources of violence will escape us." Covering wide-ranging regimes of violence, these essays examine various aspects of state violence, legitimate and illegitimate forms of violence, the impact of anticipatory violence on daily life, and its effects long after the events themselves have passed. In the marginal spaces of global ethnoscapes, violence becomes a form of cultural affirmation and expression in the face of a loss of "tradition" and dislocations of ethnic communities. This book is dedicated to the memory of BegoOa Aretxaga.
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