a ISBN 0-631-147888 -:

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number GN495.2

b Item number .A57 1986

a Dewey Classification 303.6/2

a Title The Anthropology of violence /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by David Riches.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford, UK ;

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Blackwell,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1986.

a Extent ix, 232 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a General note Selected papers from a conference on "Violence as a Social Institution" held in St. Andrews, Scotland, in January, 1985.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographies and index.

a Formatted contents note The phenomenon of violence / David Riches -- Insurrections in Spain / John Corbin -- "Le Mal Court" / Elisabeth Copet-Rougier -- The ritual use of violence / Suzette Heald -- Images of cannibalism, death, and domination in a "non-violent" society / Joanna Overing -- The beauty of violence / Brian Moeran -- Honour, integrity, and the problem of violence in the Spanish bullfight / Garry Marvin -- Fighting in an Australian Aboriginal supercamp / David McKnight -- "Casuals," "terrace crews" and "fighting firms" / Eric Dunning, Patrick Murphy, and John Williams -- Violence in rural Northern Ireland / Graham McFarlane -- Violence and will / David Parkin.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Violence

a Personal name Riches, David.