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)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, Massachusetts : The Amherst College Press, [2018]
Series:	Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
Subjects:	Death > Comparative studies. Future life > Comparative studies. Burial > History. Mort > Études comparatives. Vie future > Études comparatives. Sépulture > Histoire. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Burial. Death. Future life. Electronic books. Comparative studies. History.
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