{"product_id":"violence-as-usual-9781501742859","title":"Violence as Usual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlaps in the face, kicks, beatings, and other forms of run-of-the-mill violence were a quotidian part of life in German Southwest Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. Unearthing this culture of normalized violence in a settler colony,\u003ci\u003e Violence as Usual \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the workings of a powerful state that was built in an improvised fashion by low-level state representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie A. Muschalek''s fascinating portrayal of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the \u003ci\u003eLandespolizei \u003c\/i\u003eis a historical anthropology of police practice and the normalization of imperial power. Replete with anecdotes of everyday experiences both of the policemen and of colonized people and settlers,\u003ci\u003e Violence as Usual\u003c\/i\u003e re-examines fundamental questions about the relationship between power and violence. Muschalek gives us a new perspective on violence beyond the solely destructive and the instrumental. She overcomes, too, the notion tha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolence as Usual\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important contribution to the role of localized violence and the evolution of the colonial state in German Southwest Africa... Marie Muschalek provides a compelling narrative that will hopefully inspire more scholarship on local actors and their role in Germany's global empire.\u003c\/p\u003e * Central European History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]his is a timely book that offers a fine-grained and theoretically rich analysis of police violence in an imperial setting.\u003c\/p\u003e * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eViolence as Usual\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with illuminating information on the societies of the Herero, the Nama, and the German settlers themselves. Moreover, the book lays the groundwork for future studies.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a piece of historical research and writing, this book is a jewel. It is both historically rigorous and thoughtfully encompasses the perspectival issues which African history needs to engage in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Everyday Violence and the Colonial State\u003cbr\u003e 1. Honor, Status, Masculinity: Violent Identity Formations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Soldier-Bureaucrats: The Primacy of Proper Bearing\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of Whips, Shackles, and Guns: Tools and Technologies of Policing\u003cbr\u003e 4. Police Work: Daily Routines and the Art of Making Do\u003cbr\u003e 5. Policing Work: Violent Regulation of the Labor Market\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Histories of Colonial Violence\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409340211543,"sku":"9781501742859","price":42.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501742859.jpg?v=1730506478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violence-as-usual-9781501742859","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}