From an ethnography of the everyday to writing echoes of suffering. An understanding of language is thus essential for any understanding of the reality of everyday life. In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropologys most. Violence and the descent into the ordinary california university press, 2006. Request pdf on dec 1, 2007, alpa shah and others published life and words. Request an exam or desk copy recommend to your library pdf rightslink rights.
Violence and the descent into the ordinary on jstor. Her areas of theoretical specialisation include the anthropology of violence, social suffering, and the state. Life and words violence and the descent into the ordinary. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. Forthcoming in four lectures on ethics by miachael lambek. Life and words isbn 9780520247444 pdf epub stanley. Before joining johns hopkins university in 2000, she taught at the delhi school of economics for more than thirty years and also held a joint appointment at the new school for social research from 1997 2000.
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In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropologys 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. In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropologys 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. School of american research press, 2004 throughout anthropologys short history as a discipline, its ambiguous position on the margins of science, literature, and politics has alternately been seen as a. The claim is nicely illustrated by the fine ethnographic detail in roma chatterji and deepak mehtas living with violence.
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