An anthropology of war : views from frontline / edited by Alisse Waterston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waterston, Alisse, 1951- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, power, lethal force, and injustice continue to explode violently into war, and the prospects for lasting peace look even bleaker. The horrors of modern warfare - the death, dehumanization, and destruction of social and material infrastructures - have done little to bring an end to armed conflict. In this volume, leading chroniclers of war provide thoughtful and powerful essays that reflect on their ethnographic work at the frontlines. The contributors recount not only what they have seen and heard in war zones but also what is being rea

Contents:

Prelude: An accountability, written in the year 2109 / Carolyn Nordstrom

Introduction: On war and accountability / Alisse Waterston

Ten points on war / R. Brian Ferguson

Global warring today : "maybe somebody needs to explain" / Stephen Reyna

Global fractures / Carolyn Nordstrom

Seeing green : visual technology, virtual reality, and the experience of war / Jose N. Vasquez

Military occupation as carceral society : prisons, checkpoints, and walls in the Israeli- Palestinian struggle / Avram Bornstein

War and peace in Colombia / Lesley Gill

The continuum of violence in post-war Guatemala / Beatriz Manz

Mother courage and the future of war / Paul E. Farmer.

Notes:

"Originally published as a special issue of Social analysis, volume 52, issue 2"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857455222

0857455222

OCLC:

994873598