Human Remains and Mass Violence : Methodological Approaches / Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Elisabeth Anstett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dreyfus, Jean-Marc, editor.

Gessat-Anstett, Élisabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 including genocides in Rwanda, the Khmer Rouge, Argentina, Russia and the context of post-World War II Europe, this ground-breaking edited collection opens new avenues of research.Multidisciplinary in scope, this volume will appeal to readers interested in an understanding of mass violence's aftermath.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100124

ISBN:

9781526125026

OCLC:

1028754343

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access