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. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amherst College Press 2018
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