Description
| Product ID: | 9780520247451 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Life and Words |
| Subtitle: | Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary |
| Authors: | Author: Veena Das |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Subjects: | Violence and abuse in society, Violence in society |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Contributes to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. This book examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-12-04 |
