An Anthropology of War -

An Anthropology of War

Views from the Frontline

Alisse Waterston (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
204 Seiten
2008
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-84545-622-1 (ISBN)
39,35 inkl. MwSt
In this volume, leading chroniclers of war provide thoughtful and powerful essays that reflect on their ethnographic work at the frontlines. The contributors recount not only what they have seen and heard in war zones but also what is being read, studied, analyzed and remembered in a wide variety of locations.
As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, power, lethal force, and injustice continue to explode violently into war, and the prospects for lasting peace look even bleaker. The horrors of modern warfare - the death, dehumanization, and destruction of social and material infrastructures - have done little to bring an end to armed conflict.



In this volume, leading chroniclers of war provide thoughtful and powerful essays that reflect on their ethnographic work at the frontlines. The contributors recount not only what they have seen and heard in war zones but also what is being read, studied, analyzed and remembered in such diverse locations as Colombia and Guatemala, Israel and Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. In detailed reports from the field, they reflect on the important issue of “accountability” and offer explanations to discern causes, patterns, and practices of war. Through this unique lens, the contributors provide the insight and analysis needed for a deeper understanding of one of the greatest issues of our times.



Contributors:

Avram Bornstein, Paul E. Farmer, R. Brian Ferguson, Lesley Gill, Beatriz Manz, Carolyn Nordstrom, Stephen Reyna, Jose N. Vasquez

Alisse Waterston is Professor of Anthropology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Her work focuses on the human consequences of structural and systemic violence and inequality. Her publications include Love, Sorrow and Rage: Destitute Women in a Manhattan Residence, and Anthropology off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing, co-edited with Maria D. Vesperi.

Prelude: An Accountability, Written in the Year 2108

Carolyn Nordstrom



Introduction: On War and Accountability

Alisse Waterston



Chapter 1. Ten Points on War

R. Brian Ferguson



Chapter 2. Global Warring Today: “Maybe Somebody Needs to Explain”

Stephen Reyna



Chapter 3. Global Fractures

Carolyn Nordstrom



Chapter 4. Seeing Green: Visual Technology, Virtual Reality, and the Experience of War

Jose N. Vasquez



Chapter 5. Military Occupation as Carceral Society: Prisons, Checkpoints, and Walls in the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle

Avram Bornstein



Chapter 6. War and Peace in Colombia

Lesley Gill



Chapter 7. The Continuum of Violence in Post-war Guatemala

Beatriz Manz



Chapter 8. Mother Courage and the Future of War

Paul E. Farmer



Notes on contributors

Bibliography

Index

Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 281 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-84545-622-X / 184545622X
ISBN-13 978-1-84545-622-1 / 9781845456221
Zustand Neuware
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