Rao, Anupama
Problems of violence, states of terror: torture in colonial India - 2001 - p.4125-133 - 27 Oct
The impact of colonialism also evidenced itself in the attempts to establish a codified system of criminal law that differentiated and separated itself from the `native' law that preceded it. Despite such attempts, native practices had their own uses in enforcing discipline as seen in the incidents that unfold in the `Nassick Torture Case' and elaborated further in this paper. The paper also probes issues related to fear and suffering while also enunciating the social scientists' dilemma of needing to represent and reproduce violence without fetishising or merely re-enacting it. - Reproduced
Torture - India
Violence - India
Torture
Problems of violence, states of terror: torture in colonial India - 2001 - p.4125-133 - 27 Oct
The impact of colonialism also evidenced itself in the attempts to establish a codified system of criminal law that differentiated and separated itself from the `native' law that preceded it. Despite such attempts, native practices had their own uses in enforcing discipline as seen in the incidents that unfold in the `Nassick Torture Case' and elaborated further in this paper. The paper also probes issues related to fear and suffering while also enunciating the social scientists' dilemma of needing to represent and reproduce violence without fetishising or merely re-enacting it. - Reproduced
Torture - India
Violence - India
Torture