Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author’s Note;
Introduction;
Life Finds a Way;
The Mountains Echo;
Scenes;
Scene One. Betrayal ۹;
Scene Two. Kindness ۲۲;
Scene Three. Friendship ۸;
Scene Four. Ugly Feelings ۱;
Scene Five. Opacity ۳;
Epilogue;
Heartwork;
Have You Eaten?;
Dissident Knowledge(s);
Who Can Stand with Kashmir?;
Notes;
Bibliography;
Index;
Acknowledgments.

"Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing from conventional approaches to the study of disaster and conflict that have dominated academic studies of Kashmir, Omer Aijazi's ethnography of life in the borderlands instead explores possibilities for imagining life otherwise, in an environment where violence is everywhere, or atmospheric"-- Provided by publisher.