Sleepers, moles and martyrs

Særudgave af Ethnologia Europaea.

Starting with analyses of the discourses about sleepers in Part I: their historical antecedents, narrative emplotment, and semantic differentiation.

Part II turns to the hidden or unspoken of aspects of the state, the challenge of fundamentalist terrorism to the modern political project and the tensions between neighborly discourse, public display and the state.

Part III juxtaposes changing depictions of Shiite martyrdom with the violence done to the term ´martyr´ within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In Part IV, cultural secrets encoded in memorials and public silences in academic discourse are addressed. The different cases assembled offer comparative materials and perspectives from the USA, France, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Iran, Israel, Istria and Sweden.