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The Anthropology of violence
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- Creator
- edited by David Riches
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1986
- Physical Details
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- ix, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780631147886, 0631147888
- OCLC
- ocm13580149
- Selected papers from a conference on "Violence as a Social Institution" held in St. Andrews, Scotland, in January, 1985.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- The phenomenon of violence / David Riches -- Insurrections in Spain / John Corbin -- "Le Mal Court" / Elisabeth Copet-Rougier -- The ritual use of violence / Suzette Heald -- Images of cannibalism, death, and domination in a "non-violent" society / Joanna Overing -- The beauty of violence / Brian Moeran -- Honour, integrity, and the problem of violence in the Spanish bullfight / Garry Marvin -- Fighting in an Australian Aboriginal supercamp / David McKnight -- "Casuals," "terrace crews" and "fighting firms" / Eric Dunning, Patrick Murphy, and John Williams -- Violence in rural Northern Ireland / Graham McFarlane -- Violence and will / David Parkin