Terror and violence : imagination and the unimaginable / edited by Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart and Neil L. Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stewart, Pamela J.

Strathern, Andrew.

Whitehead, Neil L.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Imagination--Social aspects.

Imagination.

Terrorism--Cross-cultural studies.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Violence--Cross-cultural studies.

Violence.

Violence--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the social impact of terror -- how it provokes different responses in perpetrators, victims and observers.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION: TERROR, THE IMAGINATION, AND COSMOLOGY

1 'TERROR AGAINST TERROR': 9/11 OR 'KANO WAR' IN THE NIGERIAN ELECTRONIC PRESS?

2 UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES: ATHENIAN GREEK PERCEPTIONS OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

3 THE INDIAN STATE, ITS SIKH CITIZENS, AND TERROR

4 BETWEEN VICTIMS AND ASSAILANTS, VICTIMS AND FRIENDS: SOCIALITY AND THE IMAGINATION IN INDO-FIJIAN NARRATIVES OF RURAL VIOLENCE DURING THE MAY 2000 FIJI COUP1

5 NARRATIVES OF VIOLENCE AND PERILS OF PEACE-MAKING IN NORTH-SOUTH CROSS-BORDER CONTEXTS, IRELAND

6 THE SIGN OF KANAIMÀ, THE SPACE OF GUAYANA, AND THE DEMONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

7 IMAGINARY VIOLENCE AND THE TERRIBLE MOTHER: THE IMAGERY OF BALINESE WITCHCRAFT1

AFTERWORD THE TASTE OF DEATH

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849642750

1849642753

OCLC:

923334632