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Book SynopsisBarrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage.A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend’s body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest. In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country’s political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.

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Book SynopsisBarrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage.A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend’s body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest.In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country’s political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.

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Book SynopsisA spiritual master''s perspective on why our civilisation is being shaken where humanity makes its mistakes - and his prediction of the outcome. Increasing uncertainty Global unrest shocking events. What next? What''s the fate of our world? If we pray for peace how will our prayers be answered? What can we do? PRAYER FOR LIFE is a plea for us to wake up to the appalling truth of our situation and to the human condition that unknowingly perpetuates suffering and misery while devoutly wishing and hoping for change. In a clear and direct way Barry Long reveals the real power of prayer and demonstrates the way each individual can contribute to a new life on earth beyond anything that can be imagined today.

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Book SynopsisRenowned activist Andy Parker's account of the story that shocked America, the murder of his daughter, reporter Alison Parker, on live television, and his extraordinary ensuing fight for commonsense gun safety legislation and doing "Whatever It Takes" to end gun violence. On August 26, 2015, Emmy Award–winning twenty-four-year-old reporter Alison Parker was murdered on live television, along with her colleague, photojournalist Adam Ward. Their interviewee was also shot, but survived. People watching at home heard the gunshots, and the gunman's video of the murder, which he uploaded to Facebook, would spread over the internet like wildfire.In the wake of his daughter's murder, Andy Parker became a national leader in the fight for commonsense gun safety legislation. The night of the murder, with his emotions still raw, he went on Fox News and vowed to do "Whatever it Takes" to end gun violence in America. Today he is a media go-to each time a shooting shocks the national consciousness, and has worked with a range of other crusaders, like Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Lenny Pozner, whose son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School and brought suit against Alex Jones and Infowars, who claimed the shooting was staged. In For Alison, Parker shares his work as a powerhouse battling gun violence and gives a plan for commonsense gun legislation that all sides should agree on. He calls out the NRA-backed politicians blocking the legislation, shares his fight against "truthers," who claim Alison's murder was fabricated, and reveals what's ahead in his fight to do whatever it takes to stop gun violence.Parker's story is one of great loss, but also resilience, determination, and a call to action. Senator Tim Kaine, also a fierce advocate for commonsense gun laws, contributes a moving foreword.Trade Review“This is a wonderful book, a beautiful tribute.” —Willie Geist, MSNBC“I couldn't put this book down. I read it all in one sitting.” —Dana Perino, Fox News “This book sends a powerful and inspiring message on the importance of the fight to end gun violence. The strength Andy has shown in turning a tragedy into a force for good in order to make this country and the world a safer place should be an example for us all.” —Senator Mark Warner, US Senator from Virginia “Andy Parker has written a beautiful and important book that grabs your heart with the first sentence and never lets go. I couldn't stop turning the pages with Andy Parker's humanity guiding me through this story as if I was sitting at his kitchen table just listening.”—Lawrence O'Donnell, Host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell “Andy Parker suffered the unimaginable loss of his daughter to gun violence. His exemplary activism in gun safety is a testament and a tribute to his great love for her.”—Julianne Moore, Actress and Chair of the Creative Council of Everytown for Gun Safety “A tragic, revealing, and important book that every American needs to read. I thank the Parkers for their courage to take on the gun lobby and fight for justice.”—Terry McAuliffe, Former Governor of Virginia “Fast paced and riveting, Andy Parker is a gifted storyteller. More importantly, he's an angry father who has written a brilliant book that tells the brutal truth.”—Donna Dees, Founder of the Million Mom March “In this no-holds-barred account, Andy makes you feel the pain, the anger, and the longing of a parent who has lost his whole world then uses his considerable gifts as a storyteller to make the reader want to jump up and do something to stop gun violence. This book is an uncensored call to action that cannot be ignored.”—Joshua Horwitz, Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence “This is a book meant for all of us—a wakeup call to a nation devastated on a daily basis by senseless gun violence—as seen through the eyes of a parent who became a member of the club that no one wants to join. Andy's courageous struggle to 'make something meaningful out of a meaningless death' is a call to action on gun violence prevention.”—Levar M. Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, VirginiaTable of Contents Chapter 1: Alison Chapter 2: The Day Chapter 3: The Night Chapter 4: The Whirlwind Chapter 5: Celebrating a Life Chapter 6: The Club No One Wants to Join Chapter 7: Honoring Alison Chapter 8: On Call Chapter 9: Scooter Winks Chapter 10: New Friends Chapter 11: Ashes Chapter 12: The High Before the Storm Chapter 13: Twelve-Dollar Bill Chapter 14: Melancholy Chapter 15: Swamp Thing Chapter 16: The Anti-NRA Chapter 17: The Anniversary Chapter 18: The Opposition Chapter 19: Common Ground Chapter 20: Chris and the Blue Wave Chapter 21: Alison’s Legacy Epilogue

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Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government’s efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.Trade Review“Interesting and informative, Becoming Rwandan brings forth a new set of voices that adds to our understanding of post-genocide nation-building in Rwanda.” -- Molly Sundberg * author of Training for Model Citizenship *"Engaging, interesting, and well-written, Becoming Rwandan offers an original perspective on education and peacebuilding in Rwanda." -- Julia Paulson * editor of Education and Reconciliation *"Touching upon several topics—the role of education in building peace, the use of education in Rwanda specifically, and the failure to achieve true peace when politics enters into education—this work will be illuminating for those interested in education, genocide studies, and transitional justice. Recommended." * Choice *"This book is a must-read for practitioners and scholars exploring the effects of education policy in fragile contexts under a state-driven peacebuilding project." * International Journal of Human Rights Education *“Interesting and informative, Becoming Rwandan brings forth a new set of voices that adds to our understanding of post-genocide nation-building in Rwanda.” -- Molly Sundberg * author of Training for Model Citizenship *"Engaging, interesting, and well-written, Becoming Rwandan offers an original perspective on education and peacebuilding in Rwanda." -- Julia Paulson * editor of Education and Reconciliation *"Touching upon several topics—the role of education in building peace, the use of education in Rwanda specifically, and the failure to achieve true peace when politics enters into education—this work will be illuminating for those interested in education, genocide studies, and transitional justice. Recommended." * Choice *"This book is a must-read for practitioners and scholars exploring the effects of education policy in fragile contexts under a state-driven peacebuilding project." * International Journal of Human Rights Education *Table of ContentsContents List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 The Role of Education in Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation 3 Constructing Citizenship and a Post-Genocide Identity 4 Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms 5 Addressing the Genocide and Promoting Reconciliation 6 The Potential and Limitations of Education for Peacebuilding Appendix 1: Research Methods and Data Analysis Appendix 2: National Policy Documents, Curricula, and Textbooks Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFar too many poor Black communities struggle with gun violence and homicide. The result has been the unnatural contortion of Black families and the inter-generational perpetuation of social chaos and untimely death. Young people are repeatedly ripped away from life by violence, while many men are locked away in prisons. In neighborhoods like those of Wilmington, Delaware, residents routinely face the pressures of violence, death, and incarceration. Murder Town, USA is thus a timely ethnography with an innovative structure: the authors helped organize fifteen residents formerly involved with the streets and/or the criminal justice system to document the relationship between structural opportunity and experiences with violence in Wilmington's Eastside and Southbridge neighborhoods. Earlier scholars offered rich cultural analysis of violence in low-income Black communities, and yet this literature has mostly conceptualized violence through frameworks of personal responsibility or individual accountability. And even if acknowledging the pressure of structural inequality, most earlier researchers describe violence as the ultimate result of some moral failing, a propensity for crime, and the notion of helplessness. Instead, in Murder Town USA, Payne, Hitchens, and Chamber, along with their collaborative team of street ethnographers, instead offer a radical re-conceptualization of violence in low-income Black communities by describing the penchant for violence and involvement in crime overall to be a logical, "resilient" response to the perverse context of structural inequality.Trade Review“Murder Town, USA covers essential terrain for sociologists and other social scientists to more aggressively venture into such that the complexities of contemporary African-American life can be more fully unpacked. The scholarship is sound and the writing is clear.” -- Alford A. Young Jr. * author of From the Edge of the Ghetto: African Americans and the World of Work *“Most debates about the urban gun violence epidemic exclude the voices of those who are most grievously impacted. By centering the experiences of street-identified residents of Wilmington, Delaware and situating them within their structural context, Murder Town, USA is required reading for anyone in search of solutions.” -- Jamie J. Fader * author of On Shifting Ground: Constructing Manhood on the Margins *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Street Identity, Structural Violence, and Street PAR 1 Part I: Context of Opportunity and Violence 1 A City of Banks: A Long Legacy of Economic Violence and Crime 27 2 “Welcome to Wilmington—A Place to Be Somebody”: Negotiating City Culture and Building Rapport 41 3 “Murder Town, USA”: Reframing Gun Violence and Resilience in a Small City 57 Part II: Management, Containment, and the Social Control of Black Wilmington 4 "I'm Still Waiting Man . . . on That Golden Ticket!" Education and Economic Justice, a Dream Deferred––in Perpetuity 87 5 “F-ck the Police!” Standing Up to the Policing Machine 113 6 “I Don’t Let These Felonies Hold Me Back!” HowThe Streets Radically Reframed Re-entry 135 Part III: Street Agency: Coping with and Ending the Structural Violence Complex 7 “Brenda’s Got a Baby”: Competing Roles of Black Women as Matriarchs and Hustlers 157 8 “Street Love”: How Psychological and Social Well-Being Interrupts Gun Violence 181 9 “Winter is Coming!” White Walkers, Revolutionary Change, and the Streets Call for Structural Transformation 196 Conclusion: Calling for a Radical Street Ethnography: Street PAR, SOR Theory, and the Bottom Caste 217 Notes 233 Bibliography 263 Index 000

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Book SynopsisColombia’s headline story, about the peace process with guerrilla and its attendant controversies, does not consider the fundamental contradiction of a nation that spans generosity and violence, warmth and hatred—products of its particular pattern of invasion, dispossession, and enslavement. The Persistence of Violence fills that gap in understanding. Colombia is a place that is two countries in one—the ideal and the real—summed up in the idiomatic expression, not unique to Colombia, but particularly popular there, "Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa" (When you pass a law, you create a loophole). Less cynically, and more poetically, the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez deemed Colombians capable of both the most noble acts and the most abject ones, in a world where it seems anyone might do anything, from the beautiful to the horrendous.The Persistence of Violence draws on those contradictions and paradoxes to look at how violence—and resistance to it—characterize Colombian popular culture, from football to soap opera to journalism to tourism to the environment. Trade Review"Both eloquent and straightforward, Toby Miller artfully contextualizes violence in the culture of Colombia. The Persistence of Violence brings together the study of popular culture, political economy, and social movement issues in ways that offer a fresh view to scholarship of the region." -- George Yúdice * author of The Expediency of Culture *"Toby Miller tackles the considerable task of analyzing the roots of violence in Colombia with acumen, attention to empirical research, and great sensibility to listen to Colombian actors themselves. The Persistence of Violence will remain an essential reference to Cultural Studies approaches to violence in Colombia and will be read with interest by the general public, students, and specialists alike." -- Idelber Avelar * author of Transculturación en suspenso: Los orígenes de los cánones narrativos colombianos *"A welcome and timely contribution to the study of perhaps the most puzzling aspect of modern Colombia. Students of popular culture will find here much that is useful, especially as it pertains to recent developments such as the current Duque administration’s forays into economia naranja. Given the acuity of the analyses presented therein and their currency, Miller’s (and his co-authors’) work deserves ample circulation." * Hispanic Research Journal *"Both eloquent and straightforward, Toby Miller artfully contextualizes violence in the culture of Colombia. The Persistence of Violence brings together the study of popular culture, political economy, and social movement issues in ways that offer a fresh view to scholarship of the region." -- George Yúdice * author of The Expediency of Culture *"Toby Miller tackles the considerable task of analyzing the roots of violence in Colombia with acumen, attention to empirical research, and great sensibility to listen to Colombian actors themselves. The Persistence of Violence will remain an essential reference to Cultural Studies approaches to violence in Colombia and will be read with interest by the general public, students, and specialists alike." -- Idelber Avelar * author of Transculturación en suspenso: Los orígenes de los cánones narrativos colombianos *"A welcome and timely contribution to the study of perhaps the most puzzling aspect of modern Colombia. Students of popular culture will find here much that is useful, especially as it pertains to recent developments such as the current Duque administration’s forays into economia naranja. Given the acuity of the analyses presented therein and their currency, Miller’s (and his co-authors’) work deserves ample circulation." * Hispanic Research Journal *Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Introduction: The Persistence of Violence Chapter One: The Absence and Presence of State Militarism: Violence, Football, Narcos (with Alfredo Sabbagh Fajardo) Chapter Two: Industry Policy and Sex Tourism Meet the Case of the Destroyed Plaque (with Olga Lucia Sorzano and Anamaria Tamayo Duque) Chapter Three: ‘I Myself Had to Remain Silent When They Threatened My Children’: Colombian Journalists and Self-Censorship Meet Prime-Time Narcos (with Marta Milena Barrios and Jesús Arroyave Cabrera) Chapter Four: Green Passion Afloat: The Magdalena River (with Marta Milena Barrios) Conclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography

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Book SynopsisArmed conflicts continue to wreak havoc on children and families around the world with profound effects. In 2017, 420 million children—nearly one in five—were living in conflict-affected areas, an increase in 30 million from the previous year. The recent surge in war-induced migration, referred to as a “global refugee crisis” has made migration a highly politicized issue, with refugee populations and host countries facing unique challenges. We know from research related to asylum seeking families that it is vital to think about children and families in relation to what it means to stay together, what it means for parents to be separated from their children, and the kinds of everyday tensions that emerge in living in dangerous, insecure, and precarious circumstances. In Global Child, the authors draw on what they have learned through their collaborative undertakings, and highlight the unique features of participatory, arts-based, and socio-ecological approaches to studying war-affected children and families, demonstrating the collective strength as well as the limitations and ethical implications of such research. Building on work across the Global South and the Global North, this book aims to deepen an understanding of their tri-pillared approach, and the potential of this methodology for contributing to improved practices in working with war-affected children and their families.Trade Review"Global Child is a gift. It enables the reader to see and understand what ecological, participatory, ethical, and collaborative work looks like; and it makes me hopeful for research, practice, and policy in contexts of conflict and migration that embodies the listening, unlearning, and re-envisioning that this book illuminates." -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson * Author of Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education *"Global Child, skillfully edited by Denov, Mitchell, and Rabiau, is a richly textured collection that highlights the impact of war, displacement, and migration on children and families worldwide. The compelling use of participatory, arts-based research makes visible the courage, integrity, and creativity of both researchers and participants alike. Their difficult knowledge needs to be widely shared in the Global North and the Global South." -- Bonny Norton * Author of Identity and Language Learning *"Global Child is a gift. It enables the reader to see and understand what ecological, participatory, ethical, and collaborative work looks like; and it makes me hopeful for research, practice, and policy in contexts of conflict and migration that embodies the listening, unlearning, and re-envisioning that this book illuminates." -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson * Author of Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Educat *"Global Child, skillfully edited by Denov, Mitchell, and Rabiau, is a richly textured collection that highlights the impact of war, displacement, and migration on children and families worldwide. The compelling use of participatory, arts-based research makes visible the courage, integrity, and creativity of both researchers and participants alike. Their difficult knowledge needs to be widely shared in the Global North and the Global South." -- Bonny Norton * Author of Identity and Language Learning *Table of Contents 1 A Tri-pillared Approach to Studying Children and Families Affected by War, Migration, and Displacement Myriam Denov, Claudia Mitchell, and Marjorie Rabiau PART I: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES 2 Unlearn and Deconstruct to Collaboratively Build a Sense of Well-Being around Children Affected by War: A Family and Community Approach Marjorie Rabiau, Myriam Denov, and Karen Paul 3 A Case for Preservice Teachers Reflexively Engaging in Work with War-Affected Children in Canadian Schools Nagui Demian and Claudia Mitchell 4 The Thunder of War Is Much Less Heard: Engaging Young People and Older Adults to Restore Social Cohesion in the Midst of Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Karen Paul, Inka Weissbecker, Katie Mullins, and Andrew Jones 5 Best Practices for Children and Their Families in Postconflict Settings: A Culturally Informed, Strength-Based Family Therapy Model Sharon Bond and Jaswant Guzder PART II: PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES 6 Navigating Participatory Research with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Conceptual, Methodological, and Ethical Concerns Neil Bilotta, Maya Fennig, Myriam Denov, Alusine Bah, and Ines Marchand 7 The Right to Be Heard in Research: Participatory Research Ethics in Kakuma Refugee Camp Neil Bilotta and Myriam Denov 8 Ethical Tensions in Participatory Research with Queer Young People from Refugee Backgrounds: Critiquing a Code of Ethics EJ Milne, Churnjeet Mahn, Mayra Guzman, Farhio Ahmed, and Anonymous Members of RX 9 An Arts-Based Participatory Approach to Research with Migrant Young People in South Africa Glynis Clacherty and Thea Shahrokh PART III: ARTS-BASED APPROACHES 10 Arts-Based Approaches Research Innovations in Work with War-Affected Children and Youth: A Synthesis Warren Linds, Miranda D’amico, Myriam Denov, Claudia Mitchell, and Meaghan Shevell 11 Creative Arts Therapies in School-Based Interventions with Children and Youth Affected by War Miranda D’amico 12 Drawing to Be Seen and Heard: A Critical Analysis of Girls’ Drawings in Three Refugee Camps Fatima Khan 13 Young People with Refugee Experiences as Authors and Artists of Picture Books April Mandrona, EJ Milne, Thea Shahrokh, Michaelina Jakala, Mateja Celestina, Leesa Hamilton, and Claudia Mitchell Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisScience plays a substantial, though under-acknowledged, role in shaping popular understandings of rape. Statistical figures like “1 in 4 women have experienced completed or attempted rape” are central for raising awareness. Yet such scientific facts often become points of controversy, particularly as conservative scholars and public figures attempt to discredit feminist activists. Rape by the Numbers explores scientists’ approaches to studying rape over more than forty years in the United States and Canada. In addition to investigating how scientists come to know the scope, causes, and consequences of rape, this book delves into the politics of rape research. Scholars who study rape often face a range of social pressures and resource constraints, including some that are unique to feminized and politicized fields of inquiry. Collectively, these matters have far-reaching consequences. Scientific projects may determine who counts as a potential victim/survivor or aggressor in a range of contexts, shaping research agendas as well as state policy, anti-violence programming and services, and public perceptions. Social processes within the study of rape determine which knowledges count as credible science, and thus who may count as an expert in academic and public contexts.Trade Review"This book will truly be a welcome wake-up call for those social scientists dedicated to studying rape and sexual assault. It effectively reveals the many blind spots of much of the work that has been done over the past several decades, and is refreshingly full of valid and reasonable recommendations and potential solutions to help move this field of study forward most inclusively and productively." -- Deborah White * Professor, Trent University *“Rape by the Numbers is an important, well-researched, theoretically sophisticated, and engagingly presented book. It brings concepts from the field of science and technology studies together with quantitative and qualitative data to generate an important analysis and set of recommendations about the social science of sexual violence.” -- Alexandra Rutherford * director, Psychology's Feminist Voices Oral History and Digital Archive Project, York University *"Rape by the Numbers lights a path toward more critical and equitable rape research. I encourage students of gender, sexuality, labor, feminist science, and violence to follow where that newly lit path leads." * Gender & Society *"This book will truly be a welcome wake-up call for those social scientists dedicated to studying rape and sexual assault. It effectively reveals the many blind spots of much of the work that has been done over the past several decades, and is refreshingly full of valid and reasonable recommendations and potential solutions to help move this field of study forward most inclusively and productively." -- Deborah White * Professor, Trent University *“Rape by the Numbers is an important, well-researched, theoretically sophisticated, and engagingly presented book. It brings concepts from the field of science and technology studies together with quantitative and qualitative data to generate an important analysis and set of recommendations about the social science of sexual violence.” -- Alexandra Rutherford * director, Psychology's Feminist Voices Oral History and Digital Archive Project, York University *"Rape by the Numbers lights a path toward more critical and equitable rape research. I encourage students of gender, sexuality, labor, feminist science, and violence to follow where that newly lit path leads." * Gender & Society *"This book is essential reading, and a powerful reminder to sexual violence scientists to consider and reflect on the partial knowledge they/we produce, and the social processes that impact and are impacted by their/our research." -- Heather R. Hlavka * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of Contents1 Introduction Part I Conceptualizing Rape 2 Locating the Problem 3 Accounting for Rape 4 Investigating the Aftermath Part II Social Mechanisms 5 Choosing to Study Rape 6 Dividends and Detriments of Dissent 7 Conclusion Appendix: Interview Guide Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisEveryday Violence is based on ten years of scholarly rage against catcalling and aggression directed at women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of New York City. Simone Kolysh recasts public harassment as everyday violence and demands an immediate end to this pervasive social problem. Analyzing interviews with initiators and recipients of everyday violence through an intersectional lens, Kolysh argues that gender and sexuality, shaped by race, class, and space, are violent processes that are reproduced through these interactions in the public sphere. They examine short and long-term impacts and make inroads in urban sociology, queer and trans geographies, and feminist thought. Kolysh also draws a connection between public harassment, gentrification, and police brutality resisting criminalizing narratives in favor of restorative justice. Through this work, they hope for a future where women and LGBTQ people can live on their own terms, free from violence. Trade Review"In this dazzling work of engaged scholarship, Simone Kolysh responds to a terribly pressing need: to understand anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ street harassment as related forms of public violence. Kolysh reveals these intersecting phenomena to be as unwieldy as they are ubiquitous, freighted with sexism, racism, transphobia, and class power. Yet change is possible, and Kolysh’s 'everyday' represents both the problem and the promise of the public realm."— Matt Brim, author of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University "Everyday Violence is a grounded, unapologetically feminist intersectional analysis of catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression on the New York City streets. Catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression are manifestations of overlapping systems of oppression and evidence of the widespread and normalized violence women and LGBTQ people face. Everyday Violence is a must-read for academics and activists fatigued of carceral feminism—who seek bold and innovative solutions to gendered and sexual violence based on transformative justice and community accountability."— Angela Jones, author of Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry Pride Month June 2021 round-up— Bookshop.org "Everyday Violence is a grounded, unapologetically feminist intersectional analysis of catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression on the New York City streets. Catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression are manifestations of overlapping systems of oppression and evidence of the widespread and normalized violence women and LGBTQ people face. Everyday Violence is a must-read for academics and activists fatigued of carceral feminism—who seek bold and innovative solutions to gendered and sexual violence based on transformative justice and community accountability."— Angela Jones, author of Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry "In this dazzling work of engaged scholarship, Simone Kolysh responds to a terribly pressing need: to understand anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ street harassment as related forms of public violence. Kolysh reveals these intersecting phenomena to be as unwieldy as they are ubiquitous, freighted with sexism, racism, transphobia, and class power. Yet change is possible, and Kolysh’s 'everyday' represents both the problem and the promise of the public realm."— Matt Brim, author of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University Pride Month June 2021 round-up— Bookshop.org "The book’s strengths are its conceptual contributions and readability — with direct and sometimes provocative claims—that will appeal to many audiences. Everyday Violence is necessary reading for everyone committed to understanding and ending street harassment. The book will benefit scholars and students of public health, criminology, gender studies, queer studies, trans studies, women’s studies, urban sociology, and urban planning."— Vanessa R. Panfil, Gender & SocietyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: On Our Own Terms, Free from Violence 1 The Anatomy of Everyday Violence: Initiators 2 From the Catcall to the Slur: Recipients 3 Can We Be Queer Here? LGBQ+ Formations 4 Toxciscity: Violence against Transgender People in the Public Sphere 5 Linked Violence: Everyday Violence and Intersections Conclusion: Voicing Resistance, Finding Solutions Acknowledgments Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisEveryday Violence is based on ten years of scholarly rage against catcalling and aggression directed at women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of New York City. Simone Kolysh recasts public harassment as everyday violence and demands an immediate end to this pervasive social problem. Analyzing interviews with initiators and recipients of everyday violence through an intersectional lens, Kolysh argues that gender and sexuality, shaped by race, class, and space, are violent processes that are reproduced through these interactions in the public sphere. They examine short and long-term impacts and make inroads in urban sociology, queer and trans geographies, and feminist thought. Kolysh also draws a connection between public harassment, gentrification, and police brutality resisting criminalizing narratives in favor of restorative justice. Through this work, they hope for a future where women and LGBTQ people can live on their own terms, free from violence. Trade Review"In this dazzling work of engaged scholarship, Simone Kolysh responds to a terribly pressing need: to understand anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ street harassment as related forms of public violence. Kolysh reveals these intersecting phenomena to be as unwieldy as they are ubiquitous, freighted with sexism, racism, transphobia, and class power. Yet change is possible, and Kolysh’s 'everyday' represents both the problem and the promise of the public realm." -- Matt Brim * author of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University *"Everyday Violence is a grounded, unapologetically feminist intersectional analysis of catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression on the New York City streets. Catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression are manifestations of overlapping systems of oppression and evidence of the widespread and normalized violence women and LGBTQ people face. Everyday Violence is a must-read for academics and activists fatigued of carceral feminism—who seek bold and innovative solutions to gendered and sexual violence based on transformative justice and community accountability." -- Angela Jones * author of Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry *Pride Month June 2021 round-up * Bookshop.org *"In this dazzling work of engaged scholarship, Simone Kolysh responds to a terribly pressing need: to understand anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ street harassment as related forms of public violence. Kolysh reveals these intersecting phenomena to be as unwieldy as they are ubiquitous, freighted with sexism, racism, transphobia, and class power. Yet change is possible, and Kolysh’s 'everyday' represents both the problem and the promise of the public realm." -- Matt Brim * author of Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University *"Everyday Violence is a grounded, unapologetically feminist intersectional analysis of catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression on the New York City streets. Catcalling and LGBTQ-directed aggression are manifestations of overlapping systems of oppression and evidence of the widespread and normalized violence women and LGBTQ people face. Everyday Violence is a must-read for academics and activists fatigued of carceral feminism—who seek bold and innovative solutions to gendered and sexual violence based on transformative justice and community accountability." -- Angela Jones * author of Camming: Money, Power, and Pleasure in the Sex Work Industry *Pride Month June 2021 round-up * Bookshop.org *"The book’s strengths are its conceptual contributions and readability — with direct and sometimes provocative claims—that will appeal to many audiences. Everyday Violence is necessary reading for everyone committed to understanding and ending street harassment. The book will benefit scholars and students of public health, criminology, gender studies, queer studies, trans studies, women’s studies, urban sociology, and urban planning." -- Vanessa R. Panfil * Gender & Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: On Our Own Terms, Free from Violence 1 The Anatomy of Everyday Violence: Initiators 2 From the Catcall to the Slur: Recipients 3 Can We Be Queer Here? LGBQ+ Formations 4 Toxciscity: Violence against Transgender People in the Public Sphere 5 Linked Violence: Everyday Violence and Intersections Conclusion: Voicing Resistance, Finding Solutions Acknowledgments Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisHigh-Risk Feminism in Colombia documents the experiences of grassroots women’s organizations that united to demand gender justice during and in the aftermath of Colombia’s armed conflict. In doing so, it illustrates a little-studied phenomenon: women whose experiences with violence catalyze them to mobilize and resist as feminists, even in the face of grave danger. Despite a well-established tradition of studying women in war, we tend to focus on their roles as mothers or carers, as peacemakers, or sometimes as revolutionaries. This book explains the gendered underpinnings of why women engage in feminist mobilization, even when this takes place in a ‘domain of losses’ that exposes them to high levels of risk. It follows four women’s organizations who break with traditional gender norms and defy armed groups’ social and territorial control, exposing them to retributive punishment. It provides rich evidence to document how women are able to surmount the barriers to mobilization when they frame their actions in terms of resistance, rather than fear. Trade Review"High Risk Feminism in Colombia updates all our frameworks to explain why women mobilize for gender justice in the face of explicit threats making them targets for violence. In Colombia—but with relevance to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and many other contexts—Zulver shows how feminist identities and frames have evolved well beyond the strategic essentialism of motherhood, empowering current generations to protest." -- Jacqui True * author of The Political Economy of Violence against Women *"High Risk Feminism in Colombia is a much-needed contribution to our understanding of why, how, and when women engage in gender justice struggles (feminisms), even in contexts where such visible participation puts them at high risk. This is truly an engaged project and a rigorous academic effort to bring to life the agency of women struggling for gender justice in violent contexts where their lives are threatened." -- María Emma Wills Obregón * Adjoint Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Universidad de Los Andes *"Using the idea of ‘high risk feminism’ allows Julia Zulver to unpack the multiple risks faced by women activists and the strategies and reasonings they deploy to defend their rights as women. Considering the ongoing gendered violence and dispossession in Colombia and Latin America, understanding and supporting feminist activism is more important than ever." -- Jelke Boesten * co-editor of Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration an *"This fascinating and imperative volume examines feminist mobilization and collective resistance catalyzed by danger, loss and risk in Colombia." * Ms. Magazine *"Zulver offers a compellingly theorized and empirically profound insight into Colombian women’s civil society mobilization. High-Risk Feminism in Colombia is an essential read for scholars of gender and armed conflict, as well as those interested in civilian agency during war." -- Anne-Kathrin Kreft * International Affairs *"High-Risk Feminism in Columbia provides a new explanation of why women engage in feminist mobilization despite the high risks...Through detailed and conscientious documentation of four women's organizations, Julia Zulver paints an impressive picture of feminist agency in violent contexts. The book is theoretically innovative and based on a compelling methodology and impressive empirics... [I]ts insights are relevant for a wide range of contexts, such as Afghanistan, Kenya, or the Philippines. Other peace scholars will surely take up the original framework that Zulver proposes in order to advance our knowledge of feminist mobilization." -- Peace Studies section * International Studies Association *Table of ContentsList of Photos & Maps List of Tables List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: High-Risk Feminism in Colombia 2. Why Women Mobilize in High-Risk Contexts 3. The High-Risk Feminism Framework 4. The Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas: Creating a Site of Feminist Resistance in a Conflict Zone 5. Afromupaz: Intersectional High-Risk Feminism in Cuerpo y Cara de Mujer 6. La Soledad: When Women Do Not Mobilise 7. Conclusion: Why Understanding Women’s Grassroots Mobilization Matters Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence have proven largely futile. Citizens against Crime and Violence studies societal responses to crime and violence within one of Mexico’s most affected regions, the state of Michoacán. Based on comparative ethnography conducted over twelve months by a team of anthropologists and sociologists across six localities of Michoacán, ranging from the most rural to the most urban, the contributors consider five varieties of societal responses: local citizen security councils that define security and attempt to influence its policing, including by self-defense groups; cultural activists looking to create safe 'cultural' fields from which to transform their social environment; organizations in the state capital that combine legal and political strategies against less visible violence (forced disappearance, gender violence, anti-LGBT); church-linked initiatives bringing to bear the church’s institutionality, including to denounce 'state capture'; and women’s organizations creating 'safe' networks allowing to influence violence prevention.Trade Review"In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read." -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border *"This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with." -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment *"In the face of government failure to provide justice and security, how have Mexican citizens – cultural and political activists, women’s collectives, church groups – responded to violence and crime that upend their daily lives? This unique comparative ethnography by a multidisciplinary team of scholars foregrounds the creative, courageous, and arduous work through which people are stitching the torn social fabric of their communities. Empirically and conceptually rich, it is an essential, timely read." -- Ieva Jusionyte * author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border *"This book takes an original lens to the crisis of violence, crime and insecurity in Mexico. Through an ethnographic approach, it critically and insightfully accompanies the efforts of social and civic actors in varied locations of Michoacán, from urban to more rural, to find a space to act creatively in and on the many violences they have to live with." -- Jenny Pearce * author of Politics without Violence? Towards a Post-Weberian Enlightenment *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Comparative Ethnography of Societal Responses to Crime and Violence in Mexico Chapter 2: Local Citizen Security Councils: Sustainable Responses to a Crisis of Trust in State Security Provision Chapter 3: Cultural Activism: Mobilizing Art and Culture to Build Transformative Socio-Political Fields Chapter 4: Socio-legal Activism in Contexts of Criminal and Institutional Violence: Challenging Forced Disappearances, Gender Violence, and Assaults on LGBT and Sex Workers Chapter 5: Churches as Institutions in Regions of Violent Organized Crime Chapter 6: A Room of Their Own: Barriers to Women’s Activism Against the Continuum of Violence in Michoacán, Mexico Chapter 7: Key Objectives, Strategic Choices and Impact of Societal Responses to Violence: Lessons for Policy and Practice Chapter 8: Society to the Rescue? Rethinking Responses to Crime-Related Violence and Corruption Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Iraqi Baʿth state’s Anfāl operations (1987-1991) is one of the twentieth century’s ultimate acts of destruction of the possibility of being human. It remains the first and only crime of state in the Middle East to be tried under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, the 1950 Nuremberg Principles, and the 1969 Iraqi Penal Code and to be recognized as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Baghdad between 2006 and 2007. Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq offers an unprecedented pathway to the study of political violence. It is a sweeping work of anthropological hospitality, returning to the Anfāl operations as the violence of political modernity only to turn to the human survivors’ hospitality and acts of translation—testimonial narratives, law, politics, archive, poetry, artworks, museums, memorials, symbolic cemeteries, and infinite pursuit of justice in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Being Human gathers together social sciences, humanities, and the arts to understand modernity's violence and its living on. Trade Review"Being Human is an unsettling and urgent work of scholarship that transcends the confines of the university to address some of the most compelling conditions of human life and death. Anthropological hospitality, the idea at the heart of this book, provides an illuminating and passionate perspective on the plight of locality in the fight for the recognition of global justice." -- Homi K. Bhabha * Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University *"In rich, poetic prose, Fazil Moradi brilliantly unravels the politics of reading, witnessing, and memory challenging us to listen to survivors of the al-Anfal to understand the limits and possibilities of justice and accountability without losing sight of the hope and trust required for acts of hospitality and translation in Being Human." -- Victoria Sanford * Victoria Sanford, author of Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Fath *"Raw and beautiful. Moradi shows us how to listen to survivors of mass violence. In silences, gestures, and words from generous hosts who lived through the mass Anfal attacks of late 20th-century Kurdistan Iraq, Moradi implicates political modernity. This book richly and poignantly displays the dignity and beauty of both people lost, and those who live on having survived and witnessed. It is painful to read, and that is one of its successes. All students of the modern state should read this book." -- Diane E. King * Diane E. King, author of Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq *Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Map of the Anfāl operations Prologue 1 The Destruction of Jalamourd, an Outlawed Village 2 The Inhospitality of Political Modernity 3 Homeless in the World 4 The Baghdād Tribunal 5 Habitability, in the Afterlives of a Massacre 6 Whose Homeland? Whose Nation? 7 Physiological Disquiet Epilogue: Genosite Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisGender violence has been at the forefront of women’s human rights struggles for decades, shaping political movements and NGO and government programs related to women’s empowerment, community development, and public health. Drawing on over twenty years of research and activism in rural Ecuador, Karin Friederic provides a remarkably intimate view of what these rights-based programs actually achieve over the long term. The Prism of Human Rights brings us into the lives of women, men, and children who find themselves entangled in intimate partner violence, structural violence, political economic change, and a global cultural project in which “rights” are associated with modernity, development, and democratic states. She details the multiple forms of violence that rural women experience; shows the diverse ways they make sense of, endure, and combat this violence; and helps us understand how people are grappling with new ideas of gender, rights, and even of violence itself. Ultimately, Friederic demonstrates that rights-based interventions provide important openings for women seeking a life free of violence, but they also unwittingly expose “liberated” women to more extreme dynamics of structural violence. Thus, these interventions often reduce women’s room to maneuver and encourage communities to hide violence in order to appear “modern” and “developed.” This analysis of human rights in practice is essential for anyone seeking to promote justice in a culturally responsible manner, and for anyone who hopes to understand how the globalization of rights, legal institutions, and moral visions is transforming distant locales and often perpetuating violence in the process.Trade Review "Karin Friederic’s critical approach to human rights practice draws on a wealth of ethnographic data collected across decades of ethically and politically committed research. Her nuanced reading of the interactions between the state, the law, rights-based interventions and women’s lives, in contexts of extreme gender-based violence, is a key contribution to understanding the limits and paradoxes of human rights. This is a hard but necessary lesson to advance a responsible fight for women’s dignity." -- Silvana Tapia Tapia * author of Feminism, Violence Against Women, and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador *"Karin Friederic's The Prism of Human Rights is a compelling, emotional, and ethnographically rich read. Friederic's ethical delivery of Gabi's story, the punctuated narrative driving the book, is a reminder that Friederic is describing real people in real time. Using political economy and the best of interpretivist anthropology, Friederic seamlessly weaves scales of violence in and through Las Colinas, a place that is richly described, in loving detail, serving as a reminder that abstract notions like 'human rights' and 'development' have real human consequences." -- Hillary J. Haldane * co-author of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices *"Karin Friederic’s beautifully rendered ethnography on gender violence breaks new ground. Through intimate storytelling only made possible by her two decades of fieldwork and activism in La Colinas, Ecuador, she reveals how supposedly universal human rights discourses unfold in sharply contradictory ways in the lives of real women." -- Sarah J. Hautzinger * author of Violence in the City of Women: Police and Batterers in Bahia, Brazil *Table of Contents Prologue: Gabi, Part I Introduction: Understanding Gender Violence through the Prism of Human Rights 1 “Somos del Campo”: Gender Politics of Rural Households 2 “Somos así por Naturaleza”: Bodies, Sexuality, and Morality on Ecuador’s Coast Interlude: Gabi, Part II 3 “¿Por qué me maltrate así?”: Rethinking Violence, Rethinking Justice 4 The Prism of Rights: Empowering Women for Gender Justice 5 Cultivating Modern Selves: Reframing Sexuality and Violence within a Moral Economy of Development Conclusion: Vernacularizing Human Rights for Gender Justice Epilogue: Gabi’s Story, Part III Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFor the past two decades, the study of "religious violence" has been on the rise. Whilst some scholars argue that violence is innate to (monotheistic) religion or community building, others claim that violence 'in the name of God' is a reaction to secularization, a form of political violence or a myth that legitimates repression by secular states. Battles over Belief. Catholics and Violence in the 19th Century offers a much-needed historical perspective on this social science literature as it provides the first comprehensive overview of the changing interplay of faith and violence during the period spanning the French Revolution and First World War. Chapters probe violent acts linked to inner-Catholic, Catholic-secular and interreligious conflict, but also demonstrate the importance of rhetoric and symbolics for nurturing and framing violence across the nineteenth century world. Of special interest is the role of agency. Thus, the book reveals the motives for violence but also its legitimation and interpretation. It furthermore shows the intricate ways in which differences over religion collided with secular differences. By demonstrating that religion remained a powerful trigger for violence beyond the French Revolution, Battles over Belief shows that the relationship between religion and violence, both in the nineteenth century and more generally, is more complex than scholars have suggested.

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Book SynopsisWarum erscheint Gewalt in der Geschichte geradezu ubiquitÃr und unausrottbar?

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Book SynopsisThe question of religion and violence becomes a complex challenge, as is proven by the unusual diversity of the articles in this volume which deals with violence in the sacred writings of the three great book religions. Along with medieval Jewish trials and peasant wars, both the historical and legal dimensions of this subject are also touched upon. Basic philosophical and theological reflections are also considered; whilst it is revealed that structural and societal violence is seemingly less visible when looking at Western economism. This is contrasted with the exemplary perspective on India, illustrating that the issue is consummately ill-defined by viewing it from a purely Western-European perspective. This volume encourages the reader to continue thinking about this current and fundamental problem of mankind.

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Book SynopsisMost studies of violence in the Middle East and South Asia come from the perspective of honour or political violence. By contrast, this important study offers a new perspective on its causes in Pakistan's unruly North-West Frontier Province, challenging stereotyped images of a region and people miscast as extremist and militant. Based on an in-depth study of local conflicts, the book sheds 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.Trade Review'We should make the best possible use of this analysis: for its daring perspectives, extreme empirical findings, and wide relevance. It deserves a very careful reading for its contributions to so many aspects of our understanding of honour, politics and human society' - Fredrik BarthTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 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; Notes; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat are the underlying causes and consequences of gender-based violence in public spaces? Who defines what comprises the "public space" - and why are those spaces so often barred not only to women, but also the poor, transgender people, and others outside the narrow definition of "normal"? The Fear That Stalks brings together scholars from a range of disciplines and activists from the women's movement to explore the causes, nature, and consequences of gender-based violence. These powerful and articulate essays draw connections between diverse forms of violence, such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, honor killing, tonsuring, rape, and homicide. The book also offers suggestions for policy changes that can help address the pervasive problem of gender-based violence, and make our societies safe for men and women alike.

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Book SynopsisConflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence elucidates the centrality of political and foundational violence in the governance of conflicted democracies in the postcolony, calling attention to the urgent need for transformation. Spectacular and quotidian gendered and sexualized violence by states and collectives holds in place fraught and unjust histories and relations between elites and subalterns, majoritarian subjects and non-dominant "Others." At the intersections of nationalist and decolonial confrontations, such violence regularizes states of emergency and exception. Through oral history, archival, and legal research undertaken over three years, this interdisciplinary work underscores the need for transitional and transformative justice mechanisms in conflicted democracies to address protracted conflict (focusing on their internal dimensions) and social upheaval. India serves as a case in point, exemplified by ongoing and recent conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir and the Punjab and episodic social upheavals in Gujarat (in 2002) and Odisha (in 2008). Victim-survivor narratives of counter-memory, historical records, and legal analyses of formative cases detail the depth and texture of social suffering and illustrate the inadequacy and inhumanity of official responses to events of extraordinary violence. Expanding on methods in justice and accountability and espousing the right to heal, scholars and practitioners raise critical questions regarding the state, civil society, and diverse institutions, and the most elemental of constituents: victim-survivors. Contributors: Angana P. Chatterji, Mallika Kaur, Roxanna Altholz, Paola Bacchetta, Rajvinder Singh Bains, Mihir Desai, Laurel E. Fletcher, Parvez Imroz, Jeremy J. Sarkin, and Pwi Wu.

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