Human remains and mass violence : methodological approaches

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Human remains and mass violence : methodological approaches

Title remainder

methodological approaches

Statement of responsibility

edited by Jean-Marc Dreyfus & Élisabeth Anstett

Contributor

• Dreyfus, Jean-Marc
• Gessat-Anstett, Élisabeth

Editor

• Gessat-Anstett, Élisabeth
• Dreyfus, Jean-Marc

Subject

• Mass burials
• Mass murder investigation
• Forensic pathology

Language

eng

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.--

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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Open Access e-Books

Target audience

specialized