Theft of an Idol : : Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence / / Paul R. Brass.
As collective violence erupts in many regions throughout the world, we often hear media reports that link the outbreaks to age-old ethnic or religious hostilities, thereby freeing the state, its agents, and its political elites from responsibility. Paul Brass encourages us to look more closely at th...
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Brass, Paul R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Theft of an Idol : Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence / Paul R. Brass. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©1997 1 online resource (317 p.) : 3 line illus. 7 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History ; 8 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Text and Context -- CHAPTER 2 Background -- CHAPTER 3 Theft of an Idol -- CHAPTER 4 Rape at Daphnala -- CHAPTER 5 Horror Stories -- CHAPTER 6 Horror Stories Untold -- CHAPTER 7 Kala Bachcha: Portrait of a BJP Hero -- CHAPTER 8 Conclusion -- Index -- PRINCETON STUDIES IN CULTURE/POWER/HISTORY -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star As collective violence erupts in many regions throughout the world, we often hear media reports that link the outbreaks to age-old ethnic or religious hostilities, thereby freeing the state, its agents, and its political elites from responsibility. Paul Brass encourages us to look more closely at the issues of violence, ethnicity, and the state by focusing on specific instances of violence in their local contexts and questioning the prevailing interpretations of them. Through five case studies of both rural and urban public violence, including police-public confrontations and Hindu-Muslim riots, Brass shows how, out of many possible interpretations applicable to these incidents, government and the media select those that support existing relations of power in state and society. Adopting different modes--narrator, detective, and social scientist--Brass treats incidents of collective violence arising initially out of common occurrences such as a drunken brawl, the rape of a girl, and the theft of an idol, and demonstrates how some incidents remain localized while others are fit into broader frameworks of meaning, thereby becoming useful for upholders of dominant ideologies. Incessant talk about violence and its implications in these circumstances contributes to its persistence rather than its reduction. Such treatment serves in fact to mask the causes of violence, displace the victims from the center of attention, and divert society's gaze from those responsible for its endemic character. Brass explains how this process ultimately implicates everyone in the perpetuation of systems of violence. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Ethnicity India Case studies. Riots India Case studies. Violence Political aspects India Case studies. Violence India Case studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. bisacsh Advani, Lal Kishan. Aligarh. Arya Samaj. Ayodhya. Babari Masjid. Bajrang Dal. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Brahmans. British rule. Chaman Ganj (Kanpur). Colonelganj. Delhi. Deoria district. District Magistrate. English language. First Information Reports (FIRs). Gandhi, Indira. Hata police station. Hindu community. Hindu-Muslim relations. Indian National Congress. Jains. Khatikana (Kanpur). Lok Dal. Nuruddin (pseudonym). Parliament. Ram. army. atrocities. caste. communalism. corruption. criminals. elections. faith. ideologies. law and order. methodology. pogroms. power. riots. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691217918?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691217918 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691217918.jpg |
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