Table of Contents:
  • The phenomenon of violence / Riches, David
  • Insurrections in Spain: Casas Viejas 1933 and Madrid 1981 / Corbin, John
  • "Le mal court": visible and invisible violence in an acephalous society - Mkako of Cameroon / Copet-Rougier, Elisabeth
  • The ritual use of violence: circumcision among the Gisu of Uganda / Heald, Suzette
  • Images of cannibalism, death and domination in a "non-violent" society / Overing, Joanna
  • The beauty of violence: Jidaigeki, Yakuza and "eroduction" films in Japanese cinema / Moeran, Brian
  • Honour, integrity and the problem of violence in the Spanish bullfight / Marvin, Garry
  • Fighting in an Australian aboriginal supercamp / McKnight, David
  • "Casuals", "Terrace Crews", and "Fighting firms": towards a sociological explanation of football Hooligan behaviour / Dunning, Eric, Murphy, Patrick and Williams, John
  • Violence in rural Northern Ireland: social scientific models, folk explanation and local variation (?) / McFarlane, Graham
  • Violence and will / Parkin, David.