Torture by Cieng: Ethical theory meets social practice among the Dinka Agaar of South Sudan

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 563-575

  Deal, Jeffery L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinka; Human rights; Sudan; Torture; Universal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHICS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUDAN; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUDAN; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78649721516     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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