Life and words: violence and the descent into the ordinary / Veena Das; foreword by Stanley Cavell

By: Das, VeenaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: "Philip E. Lilienthal book"Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 281 pISBN: 9780195687583DDC classification: 303.62
Contents:
Introduction -- The figure of the abducted woman : the citizen as sexed -- Language and body : transactions and the construction of pain -- The act of witnessing : violence, gender, and subjectivity -- Boundaries, violence, and the work of time -- Thinking of time and subjectivity -- In the region of rumor -- The force of the local -- The signature of the state : the paradox of illegibility -- Three portraits of grief and mourning -- Revisiting trauma, testimony, and political community
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Introduction --
The figure of the abducted woman : the citizen as sexed --
Language and body : transactions and the construction of pain --
The act of witnessing : violence, gender, and subjectivity --
Boundaries, violence, and the work of time --
Thinking of time and subjectivity --
In the region of rumor --
The force of the local --
The signature of the state : the paradox of illegibility --
Three portraits of grief and mourning --
Revisiting trauma, testimony, and political community

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