| Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Artifacts and Instruments of Agency; 2. Spatial Formations of Violence; 3. Hardmen, Gunmen, Butchers, Doctors, Stiffs, Ghosts, and Black Men; 4. Being Done: Rites of Political Passage; 5. The Breaker's Yard; 6. Eschatology; Appendix 1 : Glossary; Appendix 2: Organizations Cited; Appendix 3: Republican Paramilitary Cohort; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
"A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political. analysis that consistently draws the reader into the. narratives of the author and those of the people of. violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. ... Simply put, this book is a feast for the intellect"--. Thomas M. Wilson, American Anthropologist. "One of the best books to have been written on Northern. Ireland. ... A highly imagination and significant book. Formations of Violence is an important addition to. the literature on political violence."--David E. Schmitt, . American Political Science Review |
| Analysis |
terrorism, politics, ira, colonialism, northern ireland, political violence, government, civil war, great britain, empire, counterinsurgency, prisoners, agency, power, history, conflict, state formation, populism, paramilitaries, arrest, capture, death, memorialization, heroism, masculinity, national identity, nonfiction, interrogation, prison, criminalization, body, weapon, attack, time, sacrifice, republic, martyr, justice, cause, territory, land rights, religion, wealth, freedom, liberty, fear, soldier, military |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political violence -- Northern Ireland
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Counterinsurgency -- Northern Ireland
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Political prisoners -- Northern Ireland -- Case studies
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Counterinsurgency
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Political prisoners
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Political violence
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Northern Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226240800 |
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0226240800 |
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