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Colonial Terror: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India
This title explores the legal role of torture and other violence as it was used in colonial ruling. It rigorously attempts to theorize the nature of this violence, including its materiality and its effects on the bodies of the colonized, and those who perpetrated it. This book provides a full examination of the history of torture in colonial India.
| Author(s) | By Deana Heath (Professor of Indian and Colonial History, Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 240 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 23 Mar 2021 |
| Availability | Available |
This title explores the legal role of torture and other violence as it was used in colonial ruling. It rigorously attempts to theorize the nature of this violence, including its materiality and its effects on the bodies of the colonized, and those who perpetrated it. This book provides a full examination of the history of torture in colonial India.
Introduction: Torture, Empire, and the Exception 1: Violence, the Exception and Bare Life 2: The Facilitators I: Policing 3: The Facilitators II: Law and 'Justice' 4: The Perpetrators Conclusion: Torture in a State of Exception
Deana Heath received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has since held academic posts in four countries: the United States, Ireland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. she has been the beneficiary of grants from numerous national and int
