Introduction: State terror and anthropology, Jeffrey A. Sluka 1. A fictional reality: Paramilitary death squads and the construction of State terror in Spain, Begona Aretxaga 2. Trials by fire: Dynamics of terror in Punjab and Kashmir, Cynthia 3. State terror in the netherwo…
Death Squad brings together an international group of anthropologists who have done extensive research in areas marked by extreme forms of state violence and who have studied state terror from the perspective of victims and survivors.
"There is real personal danger for anthropologists who dare to speak and write against terror; by doing so, they potentially and sometimes actually bring the terror down on themselves."--Jeffrey A. Sluka, from the IntroductionDeath Squad is the first work to focus specifically o…
