LEADER 03633nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910456593703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6188-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461880 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036181 035 $a(OCoLC)732957114 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468028 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000541550 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11320636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541550 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10509334 035 $a(PQKB)10994492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138149 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28954 035 $a(DE-B1597)515270 035 $a(OCoLC)1083582047 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461880 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138149 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468028 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036181 100 $a20080428d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aState of suffering$b[electronic resource] $epolitical violence and community survival in Fiji /$fSusanna Trnka 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aCornell paperbacks 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4640-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aViolence, pain, and the collapse of everyday life -- The coup of May 2000 : an invitation to anti-Indian violence -- Living in fantastic times -- Looting, labor, and the politics of pain -- Fear of a nation returning to jungli -- Victims and assailants, victims and friends -- Restoring "normalcy" in postcoup Fiji. 330 $aHow do ordinary people respond when their lives are irrevocably altered by terror and violence? Susanna Trnka was residing in an Indo-Fijian village in the year 2000 during the Fijian nationalist coup. The overthrow of the elected multiethnic party led to six months of nationalist aggression, much of which was directed toward Indo-Fijians. In State of Suffering, Trnka shows how Indo-Fijians' lives were overturned as waves of turmoil and destruction swept across Fiji.Describing the myriad social processes through which violence is articulated and ascribed meaning-including expressions of incredulity, circulation of rumors, narratives, and exchanges of laughter and jokes-Trnka reveals the ways in which the community engages in these practices as individuals experience, and try to understand, the consequences of the coup. She then considers different kinds of pain caused by political chaos and social turbulence, including pain resulting from bodily harm, shared terror, and the distress precipitated by economic crisis and social dislocation.Throughout this book, Trnka focuses on the collective social process through which violence is embodied, articulated, and silenced by those it targets. Her sensitive ethnography is a valuable addition to the global conversation about the impact of political violence on community life. 410 0$aCornell paperbacks. 606 $aPolitical violence$zFiji 606 $aEthnic conflict$zFiji 606 $aEast Indians$zFiji 607 $aFiji$xPolitics and government 607 $aFiji$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aEthnic conflict 615 0$aEast Indians 676 $a996.11 700 $aTrnka$b Susanna$0940594 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456593703321 996 $aState of suffering$92478084 997 $aUNINA