Communal intimacy and the violence of politics : understanding the war on drugs in Bagong Silang, Philippines /

"Explores the war on drugs in the Philippines from below. Rather than seeking to understand the motivations of Duterte's drug war, we explore how it folded itself into communal and intimate spheres in one Manila neighborhood, Bagong Silang"--

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Bibliographic Details
Authors / Creators: Jensen, Steffen (Author), Hapal, Karl, 1987- (Author)
Other Authors / Creators:Hapal, Karl, 1987- author.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intimacy, violence and Subaltern politics
  • Intimacy, policing and violent politics in Bagong Silang
  • Police violence and corruption in the war on drugs and before
  • The violent production of urban divides
  • Community activism : from new birth to the war on drugs
  • Fraternity denied
  • The war on drugs and beyond : leaving Bagong Silang.