Performances of violence / edited by Austin Sarat, Carleen Basler, and Thomas L. Dumm.

Other author Sarat, Austin.
Other author Basler, Carleen.
Other author Dumm, Thomas L.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011.
Descriptionvii, 172 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : How does violence perform? / Carleen Basler, Thomas L. Dumm, and Austin Sarat -- Easy to be hard : conservatism and violence / Corey Robin -- Violence without agency / Ruth A. Miller -- Performing monstrous violence : Aileen Wuornos, murder, abuse, and exploitation / Mary Welek Atwell -- On the uses of dogs : Abu Ghraib and the American soul / Anne Norton -- Passionate performance : 26/11, Mumbai / Veena Das -- Ordinary violence on an extraordinary stage : incidents on the sector border in postwar Berlin / Paul Steege.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Performances of violence. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2011
LCCN 2010037344
ISBN9781558498570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558498575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558498563 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1558498567 (library cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 3318365

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Joyner General Stacks HM1116 .P46 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold