Life and Words: Violence and the Descent Into the Ordinary - Paperback
by Veena Das
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Availability:In StockContributor:Veena Das, Stanley Cavell (Foreword by)Publish date:2006-12-04Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520247451ISBN-10:520247450UPC:9780520247451Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Violence in Society, Anthropology, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.94 x 6.34 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCYGW5JVZH
In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520247451ISBN-10:520247450UPC:9780520247451Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Violence in Society, Anthropology, AsiaBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.94 x 6.34 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCYGW5JVZH
Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a founding member of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research in Development and Democracy. Among her books is Violence and Subjectivity, which she coedited with Arthur Kleinman, Mamphela Ramphele, and Pamela Reynolds (UC Press). Stanley Cavell is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy...
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