Description
Product ID: | 9780520294790 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Caravan of Martyrs |
Subtitle: | Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan |
Authors: | Author: David B. Edwards |
Page Count: | 296 |
Subjects: | Islam, Islam, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Terrorism, armed struggle, Anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Terrorism, armed struggle, Afghanistan |
Description: | Select Guide Rating What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues that we need to understand the rise of suicide bombing in relation to the cultural beliefs and ritual practices associated with sacrifice. |
Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-05-09 |