Chapter 2. Trials by Fire. Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction. State Terror and Anthropology 1
6. Chapter 1. A Fictional Reality Paramilitary Death Squads and the Construction of State Terror in Spain 46
7. Chapter 2. Trials by Fire. Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir 70
8. Chapter 3. State Terror in the Netherworld. Disappearance and Reburial in Argentina 91
9. Chapter 4. The Homogenizing Effects of State-Sponsored Terrorism. The Case of Guatemala 114
10. Chapter 5. "For God and Ulster". The Culture of Terror and Loyalist Death Squads in Northern Ireland 127
11. Chapter 6. Ninjas, IManggalas, Monuments, and Mossad Manuals. An Anthropology of Indonesian State Terror in East Timor 158
12. Chapter 7. Murdered or Martyred? Popular Evaluations of Violent Death in the Muslim Separatist Movement in the Philippines 189
13. Chapter 8. Parents and Their Children in Situations of Terror. Disappearances and Special Police Activity in Punjab 204
14. Conclusion. Death Squads and Wider Complicities. Dilemmas for the Anthropology of Violence 226
15. Contributors 249
16. Index 251