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Nusrat S. Chowdhury

Nusrat S. Chowdhury
Associate Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College
Politics

On the Importance of Throwing Things: Pelting as Popular Politics

“Enjoyment remains inseparable from a deep sense of injury”

September 18, 2023 • by Nusrat S. Chowdhury
A common show of collective grievance, pelting has lost neither its significance nor its frequency over time....

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