The Anthropology of violence /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1986.
Description:	ix, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Violence -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses. Violence.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/785238

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Other authors / contributors:	Riches, David
ISBN:	0631147888 : £25.00 ($45.00 U.S.)
Notes:	Selected papers from a conference on "Violence as a Social Institution" held in St. Andrews, Scotland, in January, 1985. Includes bibliographies and index.

Table of Contents:

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.

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