Unburied bodies : subversive corpses and the authority of the dead /

The human body is the locus of meaning, personhood, and our sense of the possibility of sanctity. The desecration of the human corpse is a matter of universal revulsion, taboo in virtually all human cultures. Not least for this reason, the unburied corpse quickly becomes a focal point of political s...

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Main Author: Martel, James R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts : The Amherst College Press, [2018]
Series:Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
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