Power and the Self [Paperback]

This book, first published in 2002, analyses the ways in which power is experienced by individuals as agents and objects.This edited volume deals with an important but neglected topic the ways in which power is experienced by individuals, both as agents and as objects of the exercise of power. Each contributor presents a series of case studies drawn from a variety of cultural contexts. These include a chapter on the treatment of patients in American nursing homes, and the plight of immigrant Turkish women in the Netherlands, and one contribution relating theories about the capacity to commit genocidal violence to what 'everyday forms of violence'.This edited volume deals with an important but neglected topic the ways in which power is experienced by individuals, both as agents and as objects of the exercise of power. Each contributor presents a series of case studies drawn from a variety of cultural contexts. These include a chapter on the treatment of patients in American nursing homes, and the plight of immigrant Turkish women in the Netherlands, and one contribution relating theories about the capacity to commit genocidal violence to what 'everyday forms of violence'.This edited volume deals with an important but neglected topic--the ways in which power is experienced by individuals, as agents as well as objects of the exercise of power. Each contributor presents a series of case studies drawn from a variety of cultural contexts. These include a chapter on the treatment of patients in American nursing homes, the plight of immigrant Turkish women in the Netherlands, and one contribution that relates theories about the capacity to commit genocidal violence to everyday forms of violence .Foreword Gananath Obeyesekere; 1. Introduction: Theorizing power and the self Jeannette Mageo and Bruce Knauft; Part I. Power Differentials in the US: 2. The genocidal continuum: peace time crimes Nancy Scheper-Hughes; 3. Intimate power, public selves: Bakhtin's space of authoring l³r