Formations of violence : the narrative of the body and political terror in Northern Ireland / Allen Feldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Political violence.

Counterinsurgency--Northern Ireland.

Counterinsurgency.

Political prisoners--Northern Ireland--Case studies.

Political prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political analysis that consistently draws the reader into the narratives of the author and those of the people of violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. . . . Simply put, this book is a feast for the intellect"-Thomas M. Wilson, American Anthropologist "One of the best books to have been written on Northern Ireland. . . . A highly imagination and significant book. Formations of Violence is an important addition to the literature on political violence."-David E. Schmitt, American Political Science Review

Contents:

1. Artifacts and instruments of agency

2. Spatial formations of violence

3. Hardmen, gunmen, butchers, doctors, stiffs, ghosts, and black men

4. Being done : rites of political passage

5. The breaker's yard

6. Eschatology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780226240800

0226240800

OCLC:

707067838