An edition of Life and Words (2006)

Life and Words

Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary

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An edition of Life and Words (2006)

Life and Words

Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects
History, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Violence, Crimes against, Riots, Suffering, Social conditions, Sikhs, Gandhi, indira, 1917-1984, India, history, India, politics and government, India, social conditions, Political violence, Crimes contre les Sikhs, Émeutes, Histoire, Souffrance, Politique et gouvernement, Conditions sociales, Mœurs et coutumes, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Violence in Society, Anthropology, Cultural, Manners and customs, Alltag, Gewalt, Våld, Sikher, Brott mot, Upplopp, Historia, Lidande
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India
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20th century, Partition, 1947

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Life and words: violence and the descent into the ordinary
2007, University of California Press
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December 4, 2006, University of California Press
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"IT SO HAPPENS THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW I have been engaged in thinking and writing about violence and asking what kind of work anthropology does in shaping the object we have come to call violence."

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Hardcover
Number of pages
296
Dimensions
9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL9534212M
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0520247442
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9780520247444
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IT SO HAPPENS THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW I have been engaged in thinking and writing about violence and asking what kind of work anthropology does in shaping the object we have come to call violence.
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