Formations of violence : the narrative of the body and political terror in Northern Ireland / / Allen Feldman
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| Autore: |
Feldman Allen
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| Titolo: |
Formations of violence : the narrative of the body and political terror in Northern Ireland / / Allen Feldman
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1991 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (333 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 303.6/09416 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political violence - Northern Ireland |
| Counterinsurgency - Northern Ireland | |
| Political prisoners - Northern Ireland | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Artifacts and instruments of agency -- 2. Spatial formations of violence -- 3. Hardmen, gunmen, butchers, doctors, stiffs, ghosts, and black men -- 4. Being done : rites of political passage -- 5. The breaker's yard -- 6. Eschatology. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political analysis that consistently draws the reader into the narratives of the author and those of the people of violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. . . . Simply put, this book is a feast for the intellect"-Thomas M. Wilson, American Anthropologist "One of the best books to have been written on Northern Ireland. . . . A highly imagination and significant book. Formations of Violence is an important addition to the literature on political violence."-David E. Schmitt, American Political Science Review |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Formations of violence |
| ISBN: | 9780226240800 |
| 0226240800 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910966515203321 |
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