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

by Magnus Fiskesjo and Magnus Fiskesjö

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 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 contends, that we might come to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972819614
• ISBN13: 9780972819619
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.5" x 7.0"