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Author Trnka, Susanna.

Title State of suffering : political violence and community survival in Fiji / Susanna Trnka
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Cornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks.
Contents Violence, pain, and the collapse of everyday life -- The coup of May 2000 : an invitation to anti-Indian violence -- Living in fantastic times -- Looting, labor, and the politics of pain -- Fear of a nation returning to jungli -- Victims and assailants, victims and friends -- Restoring "normalcy" in postcoup Fiji
Summary "How do ordinary people respond when their lives are irrevocably altered by terror and violence? Susanna Trnka was residing in an Indo-Fijian village in the year 2000 during the Fijian nationalist coup. The overthrow of the elected multiethnic party ..."--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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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Subject Political violence -- Fiji
Ethnic conflict -- Fiji
East Indians -- Fiji
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
East Indians.
Ethnic conflict.
Ethnic relations.
Politics and government
Political violence.
Unruhen
Minderheitenfrage
Politik
Gewalttätigkeit
Politiek geweld.
Etnische conflicten.
Staatsgrepen.
SUBJECT Fiji -- Politics and government
Fiji -- Ethnic relations
Subject Fiji.
Fidschi
Fiji-eilanden.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780801461880
080146188X