Destruction and Human Remains
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780719096020; 9781526125002
Subjects: Genocide & ethnic cleansing
Description: Destruction and human remains investigates a crucial question frequently neglected in academic debate in the fields of mass violence and genocide studies: what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed? In the context of mass violence, death does not constitute the end of the executors' work. Their victims' remains are often treated and manipulated in very specific ways, amounting in some cases to true social engineering, often with remarkable ingenuity. To address these seldom-documented phenomena, this volume includes chapters based on extensive primary and archival research to explore why, how and by whom these acts have been committed through recent history.

Interdisciplinary in scope, Destruction and human remains will appeal to readers interested in the history and implications of genocide and mass violence, including researchers in anthropology, sociology, history, politics and modern warfare.
Notes: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 283617 FP7

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