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Death Squad : The Anthropology of State Terror.
Title:
Death Squad : The Anthropology of State Terror.
Author:
Sluka, Jeffrey A.
ISBN:
9780812200485
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Series:
The Ethnography of Political Violence
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: State Terror and Anthropology -- 1. A Fictional Reality: Paramilitary Death Squads and the Construction of State Terror in Spain -- 2. Trials by Fire: Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir -- 3. State Terror in the Netherworld: Disappearance and Reburial in Argentina -- 4. The Homogenizing Effects of State-Sponsored Terrorism: The Case of Guatemala -- 5. "For God and Ulster": The Culture of Terror and Loyalist Death Squads in Northern Ireland -- 6. Ninjas, Nanggalas, Monuments, and Mossad Manuals: An Anthropology of Indonesian State Terror in East Timor -- 7. Murdered or Martyred? Popular Evaluations of Violent Death in the Muslim Separatist Movement in the Philippines -- 8. Parents and Their Children in Situations of Terror: Disappearances and Special Police Activity in Punjab -- Conclusion: Death Squads and Wider Complicities: Dilemmas for the Anthropology of Violence -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
The first work to focus specifically on the anthropology of state terror.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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