Violence

Ethnographic Encounters
Herausgegeben:Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis

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Produktbeschreibung

From large-scale acts of terrorism to assaults on single individuals, violence is a defining force in shaping human experience and a central theme in anthropological study. This title presents a set of accounts of fieldwork experiences of violence. It

Produktdetails

• Encounters: Experience and Anthropological Knowledge
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Specialist / Routledge
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 20415
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781847884176
• ISBN-10: 1847884172
• Artikelnr.: 26613136

Autorenporträt

Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsPreface, John BornemanIntroduction, Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi1Written on My Body, Billie Jean Isbell2Bandh in Ahmedabad, Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi3Fieldwork and Fear in Iraqi Kurdistan, Diane E. King 4The Sense of War Songs, Bilinda Straight5Sleeping with One Eye Open, Kristen Drybread6Hell of a Party, Brenda Maiale7Arriving in Jewish Buenos Aires, Natasha Zaretsky8Dreamwork and Punishment in Lebanon, John Borneman9Unwelcomed and Unwelcoming Encounter, Annarose Pandey10Guide to Further Reading, Parvis Ghassem-FachandiBibliographyIndex

Rezensionen

Compelling, riveting reading that will prove important to researchers. - J.B. Wolford, CHOICE Magazine