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Overwhelming terror : love, fear, peace, and violence among Semai of Malaysia
- Title
- Overwhelming terror : love, fear, peace, and violence among Semai of Malaysia / Robert Knox Dentan.
- Author
- Dentan, Robert Knox, 1936-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS595.2.S3 D45 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This powerful ethnography of a people believed to be the least violent in the world explores how they maintain peaceful relations even under the most dire circumstances. Robert Knox Dentan, the world's foremost scholar of Semai, brings its members vividly to life. His book includes translations of their poetry, dramatized accounts of particular events, and narratives in their own words. Throughout, the author highlights the mechanisms and costs of peace, underscoring their relevance to everyday life in all societies. Students and scholars of peace studies, conflict resolution, ethnography, and Southeast Asia will find this unique work an invaluable and compelling study."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- War and peace library
- Uniform Title
- War and peace library
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-270) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : writing someone else's life -- Spotted doves at war : the Praak Sangkiil -- Regrettable undertakings : a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy -- Responding to terror : intellectually, emotionally, spiritually -- Transforming demons by love and surrender -- Ceremonies of innocence and "positive" peace -- Freedom : just say "no" -- For fear of finding something worse : raising kids -- Juni gone astray -- Inconclusion.
- ISBN
- 0742553299
- 9780742553293
- 0742553302
- 9780742553309
- 0742557286
- 9780742557284
- LCCN
- 2008030714
- OCLC
- ocn234260131
- 234260131
- SCSB-14470270
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library