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oapen-20.500.12657-300622024-03-25T09:51:45Z The Insecure City Monroe, Kristin V. Anthropology Sectarianism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction—the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared recently following an impasse between competing political groups and their international backers, residents of the city were forced to contend with many forms of insecurity, forging their lives amid a contentious, often violent, political and economic landscape. Images and headlines in the news media tracked the dramatic events that characterized this unstable situation, but they did not provide a picture of what ordinary life was like for urban dwellers in a city terrorized by political sectarianism and the treat of bombs. The Insecure City is an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of moving through Beirut. Driving is characterized by precariousness, the anticipation of violence, and the constant presence of class, political, and state power. 2018-05-18 23:55 2020-02-25 03:00:26 2020-04-01T12:43:53Z 2020-04-01T12:43:53Z 2016-03-01 book 650038 OCN: 1166422864 9780813574653 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30062 eng application/pdf n/a 650038.pdf Rutgers University Press 103453 111d1c48-fc70-44ba-97fa-39be459ee343 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780813574653 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) New Brunswick 103438 KU Round 2 605021 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction—the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared recently following an impasse between competing political groups and their international backers, residents of the city were forced to contend with many forms of insecurity, forging their lives amid a contentious, often violent, political and economic landscape. Images and headlines in the news media tracked the dramatic events that characterized this unstable situation, but they did not provide a picture of what ordinary life was like for urban dwellers in a city terrorized by political sectarianism and the treat of bombs. The Insecure City is an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of moving through Beirut. Driving is characterized by precariousness, the anticipation of violence, and the constant presence of class, political, and state power.
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