TY  - BOOK
ED  - Anstett, Élisabeth
ED  - Dreyfus, Jean-Marc
AB  - Destruction and human remains investigates a crucial question frequently neglected in academic debate in the fields of mass violence and genocide studies: what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed? In the context of mass violence, death does not constitute the end of the executors' work. Their victims' remains are often treated and manipulated in very specific ways, amounting in some cases to true social engineering, often with remarkable ingenuity. To address these seldom-documented phenomena, this volume includes chapters based on extensive primary and archival research to explore why, how and by whom these acts have been committed through recent history.  Interdisciplinary in scope, Destruction and human remains will appeal to readers interested in the history and implications of genocide and mass violence, including researchers in anthropology, sociology, history, politics and modern warfare.
DO  - 10.7228/manchester/9780719096020.001.0001
ID  - OAPEN ID: 628390
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 903283161
KW  - History
KW  - Human remains
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Violence
KW  - Destruction
KW  - Exhumation
KW  - Auschwitz concentration camp
KW  - Cremation
KW  - Serbs
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/617a9707-a4cf-43cc-bcc4-6e5c08f9cd42/628390.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31418
PB  - Manchester University Press
PP  - Manchester
PY  - 2014-09-30
SN  - 9781526125002
TI  - Destruction and Human Remains : Disposal and Concealment in Genocide and Mass Violence
ER  - 
