Death Squad The Anthropology of State Terror

Name: Death Squad The Anthropology of State Terror
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ISBN: 9780812217117

ISBN-10: 081221711X

ISBN-13: 9780812217117

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jeffrey A. Sluka

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Death Squad brings together an international group of anthropologists who have done extensive research in areas marked by extreme forms of state violence and who have studied state terror from the perspective of victims and survivors.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/7/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.34" wide x 8.94" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction: State Terror and Anthropology




A Fictional Reality: Paramilitary Death Squads and the Construction of State Terror in Spain




Trials by Fire: Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir




State Terror in the Netherworld: Disappearance and Reburial in Argentina




The Homogenizing Effects of State-Sponsored Terrorism: The Case of Guatemala




"For God and Ulster": The Culture of Terror and Loyalist Death Squads in Northern Ireland




Ninjas, Nanggalas, Monuments, and Mossad Manuals: An Anthropology of Indonesian State Terror in East Timor




Murdered or Martyred? Popular Evaluations of Violent Death in the Muslim Separatist Movement in the Philippines




Parents and Their Children in Situations of Terror: Disappearances and Special Police Activity in Punjab



Conclusion: Death Squads and Wider Complicities: Dilemmas for the Anthropology of Violence



List of Contributors


Index