Narratives of Conflict, Belonging, and the State

Brigittine M. French is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Peace & Conflict Studies Program at Grinnell College. French is a linguistic anthropologist whose research focuses on testimony, violence, and rights in post-conflict nations. She is the author of Maya Ethnolinguistic Identity: Violence, Cultural Rights, and Modernity in Highland Guatemala (2010). Her work has appeared in the Journal of Human Rights, American Anthropologist, Language in Society, and the Annual Review of Anthropology.

• Introduction: Telling and Re-telling Anthropological Tales of States and Conflicts 1. Transforming the Legal System: Expert Knowledge and the Promise of Equality 2. Disciplining Gendered Citizenship in the Courtroom 3. In Loco Parentis: Embodied Punishment and the State in the Classroom 4. The Unwritten Law, Legibility, and Land Conflicts 5. War Commemorations, the IRA, and an Uncertain Future Conclusion: Legacies of Conflict, Violence, and the State

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