Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-265) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life and words

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

63660246

Responsibility statement

Veena Das ; foreword by Stanley Cavell

Series statement

Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint

Sub title

violence and the descent into the ordinary

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The, event and the everyday -- 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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