Exhuming loss : memory, materiality and mass graves of the Spanish Civil War /
This book examines the contested representations of those murdered during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s in two small rural communities as they undergo the experience of exhumation, identification, and reburial from nearby mass graves. Based on interviews with relatives of the dead, community me...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Walnut Creek :
Left Coast Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book examines the contested representations of those murdered during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s in two small rural communities as they undergo the experience of exhumation, identification, and reburial from nearby mass graves. Based on interviews with relatives of the dead, community members and forensic archaeologists, it pays close attention to the role of excavated objects and images in breaking the pact of silence that surrounded the memory of these painful events for decades afterward. It also assesses the significance of archaeological and forensic practices in changing rela. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611320435 (electronic bk.) 1611320437 (electronic bk.) |