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Human Remains and Mass Violence: Methodological Approaches
Jean-Marc Dreyfus
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Description for Human Remains and Mass Violence: Methodological Approaches
Paperback. Editor(s): Dreyfus, Jean-Marc; Anstett, Elisabeth. Series Editor(s): Anstett, Elisabeth; Dreyfus, Jean-Marc. Series: Human Remains and Violence. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HDW; JFFE; JKVF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This book outlines for the first time in a single volume the theoretical and methodological tools for a study of human remains resulting from episodes of mass violence and genocide. Despite the highly innovative and contemporary research into both mass violence and the body, the most significant consequence of conflict - the corpse - remains absent from the scope of existing research. Why have human remains hitherto remained absent from our investigation, and how do historians, anthropologists and legal scholars, including specialists in criminology and political science, confront these difficult issues? By drawing on international case studies ... Read more
This book outlines for the first time in a single volume the theoretical and methodological tools for a study of human remains resulting from episodes of mass violence and genocide. Despite the highly innovative and contemporary research into both mass violence and the body, the most significant consequence of conflict - the corpse - remains absent from the scope of existing research. Why have human remains hitherto remained absent from our investigation, and how do historians, anthropologists and legal scholars, including specialists in criminology and political science, confront these difficult issues? By drawing on international case studies ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Human Remains and Violence
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526116741
SKU
V9781526116741
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Ref
99-15
About Jean-Marc Dreyfus
Elisabeth Anstett is a Researcher in Social Anthropology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and a Director of the Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide programme funded by the European Research Council Jean-Marc Dreyfus is Reader in Holocaust Studies at the University of Manchester and a Director of the Corpses of Mass Violence and ... Read more
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