Global lynching and collective violence. Volume 1, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East

Global lynching and collective violence. Volume 1, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East /

"Often considered peculiarly American, lynching in fact takes place around the world. In the first book of a two-volume study, Michael J. Pfeifer collects essays that look at lynching and related forms of collective violence in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Understanding lynching as a tran...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pfeifer, Michael J. (Michael James), 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Lynching > Asia.
Lynching > Africa.
Lynching > Middle East.
Race discrimination > Asia.
Race discrimination > Africa.
Race discrimination > Middle East.
Lynching.
Race discrimination.
racial discrimination.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > World.
Lynching
Race discrimination
Africa
Asia
Middle East
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Lynching, Public Violence, and the Internet in Indonesia
  • 2. A Different Kind of War: Summary Execution and the Politics of Men of Force in Late-Qing China, 1864-1911-- 3. Banzai! And the Others Die-Collective Violence in the Rape of Nanking
  • 4. Making Sense of Lynching in Medieval Nepal
  • 5. Public Anger, Violence, and the Legacy of Decolonization in India
  • 6. New Situations Demand Old Magic: Necklacing in South Africa, Past and Present-- 7. Sitting on the Volcano: Mob Violence and Lynching in the Zionist-Palestinian Conflict.

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