Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO:Introduction: State terror and anthropology/ Jefrey A. Sluka -- A fictional reality: paramilitary death squads and the construction of state terror in Spain/ Bgoria Aretxaga -- Trials by fire: dynamics of terror in punjab and Kashmir/ Cynthia Keppley Mahmood --State terror in the netherworld: disappearance and reburial in Argentina/ Antonius C. G. M Robben -- The homogenizing effects of state-sponsored terrorism: the case of Guatemala/ Frank M. Afflitto -- "For god and ulster': the culture of terror and loyalist death squads in Northern Ireland/ Jeffrey A. Sluka -- Ninjas, nanggalas, monuments, and mossad manuals: an anthropology of Indonesian state terror in east Timor/ George J. Aditjondro -- Murdered or martyred? popular evaluations of violent death in the muslim separatist movement in the Philippines/ Thomas M. McKenna -- Parents and their children in situations of terror:disappearances and special police activity in Punjab/ Joyce Pettigrew -- Conclusion: death squads and wider complicities: dilemmas for the anthropology of violence/ Kay B. Warren.