Law In A Lawless Land: Diary of a Limpieza in Colombia
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Law In A Lawless Land: Diary of a Limpieza in Colombia
By (Author) Michael Taussig
The New Press
The New Press
9th February 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural anthropology
306.209861
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 1mm, Height 1mm
359g
Description
Taking the form of a diary, this text details the occupation of a small Columbian town by rightist paramilitaries, who "clean up" the town and impose law and order by carrying out a campaign of public assasinations. Taussig is an anthropologist an Columbia University, who has visited the town in question for more than 30 years. His diary reflects his immersion in and familiarity with his surroundings, which his analytical powers illuminate the troubled relationship between the army, the state and paramilitary violence.
Reviews
The town needs to get 300 coffins ready. Heads Up! The priest better be ready to work overtime.
Author Bio
Michael Taussig began conducting fieldwork in Colombia in 1969. He is a professor of anthropology at Columbia University and the author of Shamanism, Colonialism, and the Wild Man; Mimesis and Alterity; and The Magic of the State, among other books.
