Iraq At a Distance - What Anthropologists Can Teach Us About the War

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Antonius C. G. M. Robben Klappentext Iraq at a Distance describes the plight of the Iraqi people, caught since 2003 in the carnage between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents. This provocative book is a bold attempt by five distinguished anthropologists to study an inaccessible war zone through ground-breaking comparisons with armed conflicts around the world. Zusammenfassung Iraq at a Distance describes the plight of the Iraqi people! caught since 2003 in the carnage between U.S. troops and Iraqi insurgents. This provocative book is a bold attempt by five distinguished anthropologists to study an inaccessible war zone through ground-breaking comparisons with armed conflicts around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Ethnographic Imagination at a Distance: An Introduction to the Anthropological Study of the Iraq War —Antonius C. G. M. Robben Chapter 1. "Night Fell on a Different World": Dangerous Visions and the War on Terror, a Lesson from Cambodia —Alexander Laban Hinton Chapter 2. The War on Terror and Women's Rights in Iraq —Nadje Al-Ali Chapter 3. The War on Terror, Dismantling, and the Construction of Place: An Ethnographic Perspective from Palestine —Julie Peteet Chapter 4. Losing Hearts and Minds in the "War on Terrorism" —Jeffrey A. Sluka Chapter 5. Mimesis in a War Among the People: What Argentina's Dirty War Reveals About Counterinsurgency in Iraq —Antonius C. G. M. Robben Epilogue —Ibrahim Al-Marashi List of Contributors Index

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• Authors: Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Antonius C. G. M. (EDT) Robben
• Assisted by: Antonius C G M Robben (Editor), Antonius C. G. M. Robben (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2011
• EAN: 9780812221831
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2183-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence; Iraq at a Distance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories