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Kill Talk

Language and Military Necropolitics

by Janet McIntosh ...

Series series Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language
The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilitates the work of combat infantry-the state's killable killers. Through vivid ethnographic research, Janet McIntosh meticulously traces the nuances of ... Read more

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The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilitates the work of combat infantry-the state's killable killers. Through vivid ethnographic research, Janet McIntosh meticulously traces the nuances of
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The Edge of Islam

Power, Personhood, and Ethnoreligious Boundaries on the Kenya Coast

by Janet McIntosh ...

In this theoretically rich exploration of ethnic and religious tensions, Janet McIntosh demonstrates how the relationship between two ethnic groups in the bustling Kenyan town of Malindi is reflected in and shaped by the different ways the two groups relate to Islam. While Swahili and Giriama peoples are historically interdependent, today Giriama find themselves literally and metaphorically on the ... Read more

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In this theoretically rich exploration of ethnic and religious tensions, Janet McIntosh demonstrates how the relationship between two ethnic groups in the bustling Kenyan town of Malindi is reflected in and shaped by the different ways the two groups relate to Islam. While Swahili and Giriama peoples are historically interdependent, today Giriama find themselves literally and metaphorically on the
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Unsettled

Denial and Belonging Among White Kenyans

by Janet McIntosh ...

Series Book 10 - Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
Honorable Mention for the 2018 American Ethnological Society Senior Book PrizeHonorable Mention for the 2017 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing presented by the American Anthropological AssociationIn 1963, Kenya gained independence from Britain, ending decades of white colonial rule. While tens of thousands of whites relocated in fear of losing their fortunes, many stayed. But over the ... Read more

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Honorable Mention for the 2018 American Ethnological Society Senior Book PrizeHonorable Mention for the 2017 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing presented by the American Anthropological AssociationIn 1963, Kenya gained independence from Britain, ending decades of white colonial rule. While tens of thousands of whites relocated in fear of losing their fortunes, many stayed. But over the
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Language in the Trump Era

Scandals and Emergencies

Edited by Janet McIntosh, Norma Mendoza-Denton ...

Early in his campaign, Donald Trump boasted that 'I know words. I have the best words', yet despite these assurances his speech style has sown conflict even as it has powered his meteoric rise. If the Trump era feels like a political crisis to many, it is also a linguistic one. Trump has repeatedly alarmed people around the world, while exciting his fan-base with his unprecedented rhetorical style ... Read more

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Early in his campaign, Donald Trump boasted that 'I know words. I have the best words', yet despite these assurances his speech style has sown conflict even as it has powered his meteoric rise. If the Trump era feels like a political crisis to many, it is also a linguistic one. Trump has repeatedly alarmed people around the world, while exciting his fan-base with his unprecedented rhetorical style
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Successful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession

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by Sarah Lamb, Jessica Robbins-Ruszkowski, Anna Corwin, Toni Calasanti, Neal King, Abigail Brooks, Imani Woody, Emily Wentzell, Elana Buch, Janelle S. Taylor0, Aske Juul Lassen1, Astrid Pernille Jespersen2, Jason Danely3, Judith Farquhar4, Qicheng Zhang5, Janet McIntosh6, Annette Leibing7, Meika Loe8 ...

Series series Global Perspectives on Aging
In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep ... Read more

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In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging—striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep
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Amazing Bird Protest, The

by Janet Pattison ...

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Do you believe that you could convince your friends and family to work with you to prevent something really bad from happening?That’s exactly what Farmer Bo Crow did when he wanted to save his favourite tree and surrounding trees, from being chopped down!Come along and join Farmer Bo Crow and various bird species, his friends, as they create havoc for the poor human, the real farmer, who can’t ... Read more

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Do you believe that you could convince your friends and family to work with you to prevent something really bad from happening?That’s exactly what Farmer Bo Crow did when he wanted to save his favourite tree and surrounding trees, from being chopped down!Come along and join Farmer Bo Crow and various bird species, his friends, as they create havoc for the poor human, the real farmer, who can’t
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Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

by Imam al-Ghazali ...

Translated by Muhtar Holland ...

Covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship prayer, almsgiving, fasting, Pilgrimage, etc. which are essential to the fulfilment of inner quality. Consists of selections from al-Ghazali's Ihya, a pivotal work in the history of Islamic thought. ... Read more

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Covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship prayer, almsgiving, fasting, Pilgrimage, etc. which are essential to the fulfilment of inner quality. Consists of selections from al-Ghazali's Ihya, a pivotal work in the history of Islamic thought.
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The Knowing Heart

A Sufi Path of Transformation

by Kabir Helminski ...

An engaging study of Sufi teachings that presents the Sufi way as a universal means of gaining a greater understanding of ourselves, others, and the worldIn Sufi teaching the human heart is not a fanciful metaphor but an objective organ of intuition and perception. It perceives all that is beautiful, lovely, and meaningful in life—and reflects these spiritual qualities in the world, for the ... Read more

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An engaging study of Sufi teachings that presents the Sufi way as a universal means of gaining a greater understanding of ourselves, others, and the worldIn Sufi teaching the human heart is not a fanciful metaphor but an objective organ of intuition and perception. It perceives all that is beautiful, lovely, and meaningful in life—and reflects these spiritual qualities in the world, for the
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Darfur

A 21st-Century Genocide, Third Edition

by Gérard Prunier ...

Series series Crises in world politics
Praise for the 2005 Edition:"A passionate and highly readable account of the current tragedy that combines intimate knowledge of the region's history, politics, and sociology with a telling cynicism about the polite but ineffectual diplomatic efforts to end it. It is the best account available of the Darfur crisis."-Foreign Affairs"Does the conflict in Darfur, however bloody, qualify as genocide? ... Read more

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Praise for the 2005 Edition:"A passionate and highly readable account of the current tragedy that combines intimate knowledge of the region's history, politics, and sociology with a telling cynicism about the polite but ineffectual diplomatic efforts to end it. It is the best account available of the Darfur crisis."-Foreign Affairs"Does the conflict in Darfur, however bloody, qualify as genocide?
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The Qur'an: Essential Teachings

by Abdur Raheem Kidwai ...

This work is intended to help readers gain a clear idea of the Qur'anic worldview, particularly the articles of Islamic faith, God-man relationship, religious duties and Islamic value system, bringing into sharper focus the God-oriented life as prescribed by Islam. ... Read more

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This work is intended to help readers gain a clear idea of the Qur'anic worldview, particularly the articles of Islamic faith, God-man relationship, religious duties and Islamic value system, bringing into sharper focus the God-oriented life as prescribed by Islam.
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Tales of Mogadiscio

by Iris Kapil ...

Mogadiscio was not always the sprawling jerry-built urban landscape we see today. Until 1991, when the government fell and clan militias, in a civil war, reduced it to rubble, Mogadiscio was a lovely, vibrant city. Tales of Mogadiscio describes a time, during the 1960s, when Mogadiscio was the capital and center of a newly independent Somali Republic. The stories portray individuals and the city's ... Read more

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Mogadiscio was not always the sprawling jerry-built urban landscape we see today. Until 1991, when the government fell and clan militias, in a civil war, reduced it to rubble, Mogadiscio was a lovely, vibrant city. Tales of Mogadiscio describes a time, during the 1960s, when Mogadiscio was the capital and center of a newly independent Somali Republic. The stories portray individuals and the city's
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The Hunt for the Golden Mole

All Creatures Great & Small and Why They Matter

by Richard Girling ...

Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting—what prompts us to do this? What good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world?Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled – ... Read more

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Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting—what prompts us to do this? What good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world?Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled –
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