| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Monograph series / NIAS ; 115 |
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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 115.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Belonging to the Palas Valley -- 3. The textured landscape -- 4. Land of contention -- 5. Being, longing and belonging -- 6. Condemned and confined -- 7. Magic and honour -- 8. Contesting the boundaries -- 9. Brooding over the big trees -- 10. Thresholds and transitions |
| Summary |
"Honor and violence are major themes in the anthropology of the Middle East, yet―apart from political violence―most studies approach violence from the perspective of honour. By contrast, this important study examines the meanings of lethal conflict in a little-studied tribal society in Pakistan’s unruly North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and offers a new perspective on its causes. Based on an in-depth study of local conflicts, the book challenges stereotyped images of a region and people miscast as extremist and militant. Being grounded in local ethnography enables the book to shed light on the complexities of violence, not only at the structural or systemic level, but also as experienced by the men involved in lethal conflict. In this way, the book provides a subjective and experiential approach to violence that is applicable beyond the field locality and relevant for advancing the study of violence in the Middle East and South Asia. The book is the first ethnographic study of this region since renowned anthropologist Fredrik Barth's pioneering study in 1954." --From publisher's description |
| Notes |
"With a foreword by Fredrik Barth"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Tribes -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Violence -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Ethnology -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Land use, Rural -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Social conflict -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Ethnology
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Land use, Rural
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Social conflict
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Social conditions
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Tribes
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Violence
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Ethnizität
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Ethnologie
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15.75 history of Asia.
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Tribes -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Violence -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Ethnology -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Land use, Rural -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Social conflict -- Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Stamsamhällen -- Pakistan.
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| SUBJECT |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Pakistan -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Palas Valley
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) -- Social conditions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9788776945558 |
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8776945553 |
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