Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics : : Understanding the War on Drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines / / Karl Hapal, Steffen Bo Jensen.

Communal Intimacy and the Violence of Politics explores the notoriously brutal Philippine war on drugs from below. Steffen Bo Jensen and Karl Hapal examine how the war on drugs folded itself into communal and intimate spheres in one Manila neighborhood, Bagong Silang. Police killings have been regul...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 11 b&w halftones, 4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Map of the Phillipines
  • Map of Metro Manila
  • 1. Introducing Intimacy, Violence, and Subaltern Politics
  • 2. Intimacy, Policing, and Violent Politics in Bagong Silang
  • 3. Police Violence and Corruption in the War on Drugs and Before
  • 4. The Violent Production of Urban Divides
  • 5. Community Activism: From New Birth to the War on Drugs
  • 6. Fraternity Denied
  • 7. The War on Drugs and Beyond: Leaving Bagong Silang
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index