Overwhelming terror : love, fear, peace, and violence among Semai of Malaysia / Robert Knox Dentan.
| Author/creator | Dentan, Robert Knox, 1936- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008. |
| Description | xiii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | War and peace library War and peace library. ^A536365 |
| Contents | Introduction : writing someone else's life -- Spotted doves at war : the Praak Sangkiil -- Regrettable undertakings : a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy -- Responding to terror : intellectually, emotionally, spiritually -- Transforming demons by love and surrender -- Ceremonies of innocence and "positive" peace -- Freedom : just say "no" -- For fear of finding something worse : raising kids -- Juni gone astray -- Inconclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-270) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008030714 |
| ISBN | 9780742553293 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742553299 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780742553309 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742553302 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780742557284 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0742557286 (electronic) |