State of suffering : political violence and community survival in Fiji / Susanna Trnka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trnka, Susanna

Series:

Cornell paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Fiji.

Political violence.

Ethnic conflict--Fiji.

Ethnic conflict.

Ethnic relations.

Fiji--Politics and government.

Fiji.

Politics and government.

Fiji--Ethnic relations.

East Indians--Fiji.

East Indians.

Physical Description:

214 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

Summary:

How do ordinary people respond when their lives are irrevocably altered by terror and violence? Susanna Trnka was residing in an Indo-Fijian village in the year 2000 during the Fijian nationalist coup. The overthrow of the elected multiethnic party led to six months of nationalist aggression, much of which was directed toward Indo-Fijians. In State of Suffering, Trnka shows how Indo-Fijians' lives were overturned as waves of turmoil and destruction swept across Fiji. Throughout this book, Trnka focuses on the collective social process through which violence is embodied, articulated, and silenced by those it targets. Her sensitive ethnography is a valuable addition to the global conversation about the impact of political violence on community life.

Contents:

Violence, pain, and the collapse of everyday life

The coup of May 2000 : an invitation to anti-Indian violence

Living in fantastic times

Looting, labor, and the politics of pain

Fear of a nation returning to jungli

Victims and assailants, victims and friends

Restoring "normalcy" in postcoup Fiji.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-206) and index.

ISBN:

9780801446405

0801446406

9780801474989

0801474981

OCLC:

226966592