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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amherst, Massachusetts :
Amherst College Press
[2018]
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| Series: | Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009605741906719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : when the state kills, it is (also) killing itself
- Chapter One. The disenchanted corpse
- Chapter Two. Classical readings of the unburied body
- Chapter Three. Early modern and modern renditions of the unburied dead
- Chapter Four. Unburied bodies of color
- Conclusion : the authority of the dead.
