Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, the Death of Teddy's Bear, and the Sovereign Exception of Guantanamo

Name: Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, the Death of Teddy's Bear, and the Sovereign Exception of Guantanamo
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ISBN: 9780972819619

ISBN-10: 0972819614

ISBN-13: 9780972819619

Edition: 2003

Authors: Magnus Fiskesjo

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Each Thanksgiving, the president of the United States symbolically pardons one turkey from the fate of serving as a holiday dinner. In this pamphlet, anthropologist Magnus Fiskesj�6 uncovers the hidden horrors of such rituals connected with the power of pardon, from the annual turkey to the pardoning of the original Teddy Bear. It is through these ritualized and perpetually remembered acts of mercy, Fiskesj�6 contends, that we might come to understand the exceptional--and troubling--status of the "War on Terror" prisoners being held by the United States at Guant�1namo Bay. "In The Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, Swedish anthropologist Magnus Fiskesj�6,…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 88
Size: 4.61" wide x 7.01" long x 0.21" tall
Weight: 0.176