Discussing the mythography of terror, this volume aims to unveil the semantics of the culture of terror and thereby demystify and disenchant the obsession with terrorism and remove the taboos surrounding it. By examining the complicity of governments, media representation, the arts, academia and violent activists the authors illustrate how terrorism is often constituted as a substitute for genuine political debate. The work draws upon the lessons and perspectives afforded by terrorism literature, social anthropology and their own fieldwork with Basque violence.

In this intimate and innovative work, terror expert Joseba Zulaika examines drone warfare as manhunting carried out via satellite. Using Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas as his center of study, he interviews drone operators as well as resisters to the war economy of the region to expose the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded. Hellfire from Paradise Ranch exposes the terror and warfare of drone killings that dominate our modern military. It unveils the trauma drone operators experience, in part due to their visual intimacy with their victims, and explores the resistance to drone killings in the same apocalyptic Nevada desert where nuclear testing, pacifist militancy, and Shoshone tradition overlap. Stunning and absorbing, Zulaika offers a richly detailed account of how we continue to manufacture, deconstruct, and perpetuate terror.

This book incorporates class notes, with additional materials, of the two authors, compiled over several decades. It presents an overview of Basque prehistory, linguistics, and anthropology of society and culture. It is illustrated in part by their personal experiences in field research. The co-authors, William A. Douglass and Joseba Zulaika have both served as directors of the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno, and have co-published on occasion. This volume is a textbook, intended both for the classroom and in on-line instruction.

The spectacular Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, provides a case study to explore the links between museum culture, the international art market, monumental architecture, tourism, the politics of local identity, urban regeneration, the media, and the marketing of national images in the postmodern world. Distributed for the Center for Basque Studies.

The spectacular Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, provides a case study to explore the links between museum culture, the international art market, monumental architecture, tourism, the politics of local identity, urban regeneration, the media, and the marketing of national images in the postmodern world. Distributed for the Center for Basque Studies.