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Human Remains in Society

Curation and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Genocide and Mass-Violence

Élisabeth Anstett editor Jean-Marc Dreyfus editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:29th Nov '16

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Whether reburied, concealed, stored, abandoned or publicly displayed, human remains raise a vast number of questions regarding social, legal and ethical uses by communities, public institutions and civil society organisations. This book presents a ground-breaking account of the treatment and commemoration of dead bodies resulting from incidents of genocide and mass violence. Through a range of international case studies across multiple continents, it explores the effect of dead bodies or body parts on various political, cultural and religious practices. Multidisciplinary in scope, it will appeal to readers interested in this crucial phase of post-conflict reconciliation, including students and researchers of history, anthropology, sociology, archaeology, law, politics and modern warfare.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

ISBN: 9781526107381

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 16mm

Weight: 463g

272 pages