Life and Words: Violence and the Descent Into the Ordinary

by Veena Das

Book Overview

In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. Veena Das examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520247450
• ISBN13: 9780520247451
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"