State of Suffering: Political Violence and Community Survival in Fiji - Couverture souple

Trnka, Susanna

 
9780801474989: State of Suffering: Political Violence and Community Survival in Fiji
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801474981 ISBN 13 : 9780801474989
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2008

Synopsis

How do ordinary people respond when their lives are irrevocably altered by terror and violence? Susanna Trnka was residing in an Indo-Fijian village in the year 2000 during the Fijian nationalist coup. The overthrow of the elected multiethnic party led to six months of nationalist aggression, much of which was directed toward Indo-Fijians. In State of Suffering, Trnka shows how Indo-Fijians' lives were overturned as waves of turmoil and destruction swept across Fiji.

Describing the myriad social processes through which violence is articulated and ascribed meaning-including expressions of incredulity, circulation of rumors, narratives, and exchanges of laughter and jokes-Trnka reveals the ways in which the community engages in these practices as individuals experience, and try to understand, the consequences of the coup. She then considers different kinds of pain caused by political chaos and social turbulence, including pain resulting from bodily harm, shared terror, and the distress precipitated by economic crisis and social dislocation.

Throughout this book, Trnka focuses on the collective social process through which violence is embodied, articulated, and silenced by those it targets. Her sensitive ethnography is a valuable addition to the global conversation about the impact of political violence on community life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Susanna Trnka is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland. She is the coauthor of Young Women of Prague and editor of Bodies of Bread and Butter: Reconfiguring Women's Lives in the Post-Communist Czech Republic.

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Éditeur
Cornell University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801474981
ISBN 13 
9780801474989
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780801446405: State of Suffering: Political Violence and Community Survival in Fiji

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0801446406 ISBN 13 :  9780801446405
Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2008
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