Violence and Subjectivity

Author:   Veena Das ,  Arthur Kleinman ,  Mamphela Ramphele ,  Pamela Reynolds
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520216082


Pages:   389
Publication Date:   02 October 2000
Format:   Paperback
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"The essays in Violence and Subjectivity, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's capacity to engage everyday life. Like its predecessor volume, Social Suffering, which explored the different ways social force inflicts harm on individuals and groups, this collection ventures into many areas of ongoing violence, asking how people live with themselves and others when perpetrators, victims, and witnesses all come from the same social space. From civil wars and ethnic riots to governmental and medical interventions at a more bureaucratic level, the authors address not only those extreme situations guaranteed to occupy precious media minutes but also the more subtle violences of science and state. However particular and circumscribed the site of any fieldwork may be, today's ethnographer finds local identities and circumstances molded by state and transnational forces, including the media themselves. These authors contest a new political geography that divides the world into ""violence-prone areas"" and ""peaceful areas"" and suggest that such descriptions might themselves contribute to violence in the present global context."

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Author:   Veena Das ,  Arthur Kleinman ,  Mamphela Ramphele ,  Pamela Reynolds
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520216082


ISBN 10:   0520216083
Pages:   389
Publication Date:   02 October 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman Violence-Prone Area or International Transition? Adding the Role of Outsiders in Balkan Violence Susan L. Woodward Violence and Vision: The Prosthetics and Aesthetics of Terror Allen Feldman Circumcision, Body, Masculinity: The Ritual Wound and Collective Violence Deepak Mehta Teach Me How to Be a Man: An Exploration of the Definition of Masculinity Mamphela Ramphele On Not Becoming a Terrorist : Problems of Memory, Agency, and Community in the Sri Lankan Conflict Jonathan Spencer The Ground of All Making: State Violence, the Family, and Political Activists Pamela Reynolds Violence, Suffering, Amman: The Work of Oracles in Sri Lanka's Eastern War Zone Patricia Lawrence The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Poisonous Knowledge, and Subjectivity Veena Das The Violences of Everyday Life: The Multiple Forms and Dynamics of Social Violence Arthur Kleinman Body and Space in a Time of Crisis: Sterilization and Resettlement during the Emergency in Delhi Emma Tarlo The Quest for Human Organs and the Violence of Zeal Margaret Lock Mayan Multiculturalism and the Violence of Memories Kay B. Warren Reconciliation and Memory in Postwar Nigeria Murray Last Mood, Moment, and Mind E. Valentine Daniel LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Veena Das is Professor of Sociology at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and Professor of Anthropology at the New School Graduate Faculty in New York. Arthur Kleinman is Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard Medical School. Mamphela Ramphele is Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town. Pamela Reynolds is Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town.

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