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Unburied bodies : subversive corpses and the authority of the dead /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martel, James R. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts : The Amherst College Press, [2018]
Series:Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
Subjects:
Death > Comparative studies.
Future life > Comparative studies.
Burial > History.
Mort > Études comparatives.
Vie future > Études comparatives.
Sépulture > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Burial.
Death.
Future life.
Electronic books.
Comparative studies.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : when the state kills, it is (also) killing itself
  • The disenchanted corpse
  • Classical readings of the unburied body
  • Early modern and modern renditions of the unburied dead
  • Unburied bodies of color
  • Conclusion : the authority of the dead.