176 Pages
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Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
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Violence takes many forms. 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. Violence: Ethnographic Encounters presents a set of vivid first-hand accounts of fieldwork experiences of violence. The examples range across Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and... Read more
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
Biography
Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, USA.
Compelling, riveting reading that will prove important to researchers. - J.B. Wolford, CHOICE Magazine
