A Landscape of War: Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon

Description

Product ID:	9780520389991
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	A Landscape of War
Subtitle:	Ecologies of Resistance and Survival in South Lebanon
Authors:	Author: Munira Khayyat
Page Count:	286
Subjects:	Military history, Military history, Ethnic studies, Anthropology, Ethnic studies, Anthropology, Middle East
Description:	What worlds take root in war? In this book, anthropologist Munira Khayyat describes life along the southern border of Lebanon, where resistant ecologies thrive amid a terrain of perennial war. A Landscape of War takes us to frontline villages where armed invasions, indiscriminate bombings, and scattered land mines have become the environment where everyday life is waged. This book dwells with multispecies partnerships such as tobacco farming and goatherding that carry life through seasons of destruction. Neither green-tinged utopia nor total devastation, these ecologies make life possible in an insistently deadly region. Sourcing an anthropology of war from where it is lived, this book decolonizes distant theories of war and brings to light creative practices forged in the midst of ongoing devastation. In lyrical prose that resonates with imperiled conditions across the Global South, Khayyat paints a portrait of war as a place where life must go on.
Imprint Name:	University of California Press
Publisher Name:	University of California Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-11-22

Weight	388 g
Dimensions	152 × 230 × 18 mm