Human remains and identification : Mass violence, genocide, and the ‘forensic turn’ / / edited by Élisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus

• Autore: Anstett Élisabeth
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2015; Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 363.2/562
• Soggetto topico: Genocide; Forensic sciences; Dead - Identification
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: History; Human Remains; Ethics; Genocide; Violence; Identification; Exhumation; Burial; Forensic science; Mass grave; Poland
• Persona (resp. second.): DreyfusJean-Marc; Gessat-AnstettÉlisabeth
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; Originally published: 2015.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Bitter legacies -- 2 Final chapter -- 3 Bykivnia -- 4 The concealment of bodies during the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973-84) -- 5 State secrets and concealed bodies -- 6 A mere technical exercise? -- 7 Disassembling the pieces, reassembling the social -- 8 Identification, politics, disciplines -- 9 Bury or display? -- 10 Remembering the Japanese occupation massacres -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human remains and identification
• ISBN: 1-78499-197-X; 1-5261-2501-3; 1-5261-0444-X; 1-78499-196-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996552361303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Human remains and violence.