'Indirect' symbolic violence and rivalry between equals in rural Punjab, Pakistan
(2004)
Journal Article
Lyon, S. (2004). 'Indirect' symbolic violence and rivalry between equals in rural Punjab, Pakistan. Durham anthropology journal, 12(1), 37-50
This paper examines the social impact of the rice distribution ritual called a dég, in Punjab, Pakistan. This ritual exposes modes of dominance expressed or asserted by `symbolically' violent means. I focus on one dég which was significant by its exc... Read More about 'Indirect' symbolic violence and rivalry between equals in rural Punjab, Pakistan.