Chechnya : life in a war-torn society / Valery Tishkov ; with a foreword by Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
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TextSeries: California series in public anthropology ; 6.Publication details: Berkley: University of California Press, c2004. Description: xviii, 284 pages : map ; 24 cmISBN: 0520238877 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520238885 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Social aspects | Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Personal narratives, ChechenDDC classification: 947.5/2 LOC classification: DK511.C37 | T572 2004Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.
Ethnography and theory -- Indigenization, deportation, and return -- Contradictory modernization -- Chechen images -- The road to war -- Dzhokhar: hero and devil -- The sons of war -- The culture of hostage-taking -- Violence in secessionist warfare -- The impact on family life -- Religion and the Chechen conflict -- The myth and reality of the "great victory" -- An ideology of extremes -- Chechnya as a stage and a role.
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