"Violence takes many forms. From large-scale acts of terrorism to assaults on single individuals, violence is a defining force in shaping human experience and a central theme in anthropological study. Violence: Ethnographic Encounters presents a set of vivid first-hand accounts of fieldwork experiences of violence. The examples range across Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and illustrate instances of state terror, insurgency, communal violence, war, prison violence, class conflict, security measures and sexual violence."--BOOK JACKET.

Written on my body / Billie Jean Isbell -- Bandh in Ahmedabad / Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi -- Fieldwork and fear in Iraqi Kurdistan / Diane E. King -- The sense of war songs / Bilinda Straight -- Sleeping with one eye open / Kristen Drybread -- A hell of a party / Brenda Maiale -- Arriving in Jewish Buenos Aires / Natasha Zaretsky -- Dreamwork and punishment in Lebanon / John Borneman -- Unwelcomed and unwelcoming encounters / Annarose Pandey -- Guide to further reading / Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi .