War

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This book gathers anthropologists committed to the study of war in terms of its discursive construction, implications, and cultural and social prerequisites.

Author(s): Antonio De Lauri (ed.)
Publisher: Ledizioni
Year: 2013

Language: English
Pages: 137
City: Milan
Tags: was, violence, anthropology, martyrdom, soldiers, sacrifice

Antonio De Lauri
Introduction p. 7
Veena Das
War and the Mythological Imagination p. 25
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Does Sacrifice Avert Violence? Reflections from Nepal and the People’s War p. 37
Ugo Fabietti
Is the ‘Martyrdom’ of Human Bombers a ‘Sacrifice’? p. 57
Sophie Roche
Categories of Analysis and Categories of Practice since the Tajik Civil War p. 69
David Rosen
Child Soldiers: Tropes of Innocence and Terror p. 93
Linda Green
Betwixt and Between: Yup’ik Combat Soldiers and the Burden of Wars p. 113
Authors p. 133