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Life and words : violence and the descent into the ordinary
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Life and words : violence and the descent into the ordinary

Veena Das

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"Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint."

Contents

Introduction
The figure of the abducted woman : the citizen as sexed
Language and body : transactions and the construction of pain
The act of witnessing : violence, gender, and subjectivity
Boundaries, violence, and the work of time
Thinking of time and subjectivity
In the region of rumor
The force of the local
The signature of the state : the paradox of illegibility
Three portraits of grief and mourning
Revisiting trauma, testimony, and political community.

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Life and words : violence and the descent into the ordinary by Veena Das. ISBN 9780520247451. Published by University of California Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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