{"product_id":"anthropology-of-violent-death-isbn-9781119806363","title":"Anthropology of Violent Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to specifically focus on the theoretical foundations of humanitarian forensic science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death: Theoretical Foundations for Forensic Humanitarian Action\u003c\/i\u003e consolidates the concepts and theories that are central to securing the posthumous dignity of the deceased, respecting their memories, and addressing the needs of the surviving populations affected. Focusing on the social and cultural significance of the deceased, this much-needed volume develops a theoretical framework that extends the role of humanitarian workers and specifically the actions of forensic scientists beyond an exclusively legal and technical approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to inspire and alerts the scientific community, authorities, and the justice systems to think and take actions to avoid the moral injury in society and cultures due to grave disrespect against humanity, its memories and reconciliation. Humanitarian forensic science faces the role of mediator between the deceased and those who are still alive to guarantee the respect and dignity of humanity. Contributions from renowned experts address post-mortem dignity, cultural perceptions of violent death and various mortuary sites, the forms and critical effects of the so-called forensic turn and humanitarian action, the treatment of violent death in post-conflict societies, respect for the dead under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Islamic law, the ethical management of the death of migrants, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn an increasingly violent world, this volume, develops a theoretical component for death management in scenarios where humanitarian action is required\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFacilities better understanding between the social sciences, the forensic sciences, and justice systems in situations involving violent death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the latest theories from leading scholars and practitioners to enhance the activities of forensic scientists and authorities who have the difficult responsibility of making decisions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt provides a better understanding of the humanitarian and cultural dilemmas in the face of violent death episodes, and the unresolved needs of the dignity of the deceased during armed conflicts, disasters, migration crises, including everyday homicides\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death: Theoretical Foundations for Forensic Humanitarian Action\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for forensic scientists, humanitarian workers, human rights defenders, and government and non-governmental officials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the editors, xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the contributors, xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword, xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries preface, xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, xxix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The anthropology of violent death and the treatment of the bodies: an introduction, 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto C. Parra and Douglas H. Ubelaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The posthumous dignity of dead persons, 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoon De Baets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction: generations and posthumous dignity, 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The dead and posthumous dignity, 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Evidence for posthumous dignity, 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Duties flowing from posthumous dignity, 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 The nature of posthumous dignity, 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Semantic debates about posthumous dignity, 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Breaches of posthumous dignity, 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Restoration of posthumous dignity, 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Conclusion: the impact of posthumous dignity, 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Continuing bonds and social memory: absence--presence, 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvril Maddrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 What are continuing bonds and how are they experienced and expressed?, 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Continuing bonds and the well-being of mourners, 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Implications for professional service providers, 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The archaeology of disappearance, 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfredo González-Ruibal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction, 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Disappearance and power: concealment, dispersal, and virtualization, 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Material disappearance, human disappearance, 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 The disappearance of disappearance, 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Concluding Remarks, 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Bioarchaeology of violent death, 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Osterholtz, Debra Martin and Ryan Harrod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction and background, 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Categories of group-level violent death, 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Bioarchaeology of Massacres, 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Case studies illustrating integrative approaches to massacres in the past, 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Differentiating between kratophanous violence and ritualized death, 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Conclusions, 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Destruction, mass violence, and human remains: Dealing with dead bodies as a \"total social phenomenon\", 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eÉlisabeth Anstett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction, 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Understanding the forms taken by the Forensic Turn, and its effects, 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Understanding the genealogy of professional practices of disinterment, 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The blind spots of a total social phenomenon of great complexity, 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Conclusion, 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Kill, kill again and destroy: when death is not enough, 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto C. Parra, Digna M. Vigo-Corea and Pierre Perich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction, 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Dehumanizing, 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 When death is not enough, 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Dismembering\/mutilating: the perspective from culture, 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Conclusions, 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Mourning violent deaths and disappearances, 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonius C. G. M. Robben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction, 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The conflictive mourning of the dead and missing after the First World War, 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Enduring bonds of the living, the dead, and the disappeared in Argentina, 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Oscillatory mourning of the dead and the disappeared by the bereaved, 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion, 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Whose humanitarianism, whose forensic anthropology?, 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaymelee J. Kim and Adam Rosenblatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction, 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Positionality of the authors, 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Reconceptualizing violent deaths, 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The dead as articipants in forensic anthropology, 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 What's missing from human rights, 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The continued expansion of forensic anthropology, 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Battlefields and killed in action: tombs of the unknown soldier and commemoration, 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Wittman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction, 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Tomb of the unknown soldier, 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Mutilated victory, 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 As an Epilogue, 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Mass grave protection and missing persons, 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie Klinkner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Introduction, 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Missing persons in mass graves: a worldwide phenomenon, 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 The legal framework for mass grave protection, 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Practicalities of protection, 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Protection on a global scale, 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Conclusion: the need to do better, 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Respect for the dead under international law and Islamic law in armed conflicts, 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAhmed Al-Dawoody and Alexandra Ortiz Signoret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Introduction, 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 The Legal Framework, 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Search for, Collect, and Evacuate the Dead without Adverse Distinction, 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Identification and Recording of Information on the Dead, 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Respecting the Dead and Dignified Treatment, 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Respectful Disposal of the Dead, 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Gravesites and Other Locations of Mortal Remains, 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Exhumations, 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.9 Return of Human Remains and Personal Effects of the Dead, 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.10 Conclusion, 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Unmaking forgotten mass graves and honorable burial: engaging with the spanish civil war legacy, 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco Ferrándiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Overture, 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 On Funerary Militarism, 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Franco's Militarist Imprint Under Siege, 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Unmaking the Generalissimo's Burial, 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Military disassemblage, 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Dealing with bad death in post-conflict societies: forensic devices, burials of exhumed remains, and mourning processes in Peru, 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValérie Robin-Azevedo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Models for dealing with death: morphologies of \"good death\" and \"bad death\", 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Contexts of mass violence through the lens of bad death, 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Transitional justice, the forensic turn, and the \"dignified burial\": can we reverse bad death?, 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 From the necropolitics to the necrogovernamentality of the Peruvian state, 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.5 Exhumation of mass graves and the reactivation of bad death in the Andes, 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.6 The task of identification or the process of rehumanization of ill-treated bodies, 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.7 The uncertain dates and stretched time of bad death, 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.8 Body substitutes in the absence of any trace of remains, 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.9 Conclusion, 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Migrant death and the ethics of visual documentation in forensic anthropology, 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKrista E. Latham, Alyson J. O'Daniel and Tanya Ramos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Introduction, 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Disciplinary ethics and social change: contextualizingforensic anthropology practices, 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Methods and scope, 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Making the case for a more socially aware practice of forensic anthropology, 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Closing, 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Bedeviling binaries: an integrated and dialectical approach to forensicanthropology in northern Uganda, 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTricia Redeker Hepner and Dawnie W. Steadman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Introduction, 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Restless spirits and human remains in Acholiland, Uganda, 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 The integrated approach, 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.4 To excavate or not to excavate?, 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.5 Conclusion: from binary to dialectical relationships, 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Guiding principles for the dignified management of the dead in humanitarian emergencies and to prevent them from becoming missing persons, 351\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Cordner and Morris Tidball-Binz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Why the need for these principles?, 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 To whom are the guiding principles addressed?, 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Setting the scene, 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.4 The preamble to the Guiding Principles, 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.5 The Guiding Principles, 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.6 The process of producing the Guiding Principles, 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.7 Conclusions, 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Epilog: Anthropology of violent death and forensic humanitarian action, 375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas H. Ubelaker and Roberto C. Parra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Humanity and its less violent reactions?, 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Anthropology applied to forensic sciences and the notion of anthropology of violent death in the humanitarian context, 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto C. Parra\u003c\/b\u003e is a Peruvian forensic anthropologist and staff member of the technical assistance team of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). He has worked as an expert witness and as a strategic manager for the application of forensic sciences in various cases, and has over 20 years of professional experience, including victims of plane crashes and shipwrecks, human rights violations during armed conflicts and post-conflict, as well as in everyday cases of common crime. Since 2012, he has developed international missions in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) of the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas H. Ubelaker\u003c\/b\u003e is a Curator and Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. He has been a Member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) since 1974, serving as its 2011-2012 President. He is a recipient of many honors, including the Anthropology Award of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the AAFS Lucas Medal, and the FBI Director’s Award for Exceptional Public Service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to specifically focus on the theoretical foundations of humanitarian forensic science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death: Theoretical Foundations for Forensic Humanitarian Action \u003c\/i\u003econsolidates the concepts and theories that are central to securing the posthumous dignity of the deceased, respecting their memories, and addressing the needs of the surviving populations affected. Focusing on the social and cultural significance of the deceased, this much-needed volume develops a theoretical framework that extends the role of humanitarian workers and specifically the actions of forensic scientists beyond an exclusively legal and technical approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to inspire and alerts the scientific community, authorities, and the justice systems to think and take actions to avoid the moral injury in society and cultures due to grave disrespect against humanity, its memories and reconciliation. Humanitarian forensic science faces the role of mediator between the deceased and those who are still alive to guarantee the respect and dignity of humanity. Contributions from renowned experts address post-mortem dignity, cultural perceptions of violent death and various mortuary sites, the forms and critical effects of the so-called forensic turn and humanitarian action, the treatment of violent death in post-conflict societies, respect for the dead under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Islamic law, the ethical management of the death of migrants, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn an increasingly violent world, this volume, develops a theoretical component for death management in scenarios where humanitarian action is required\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFacilities better understanding between the social sciences, the forensic sciences, and justice systems in situations involving violent death\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the latest theories from leading scholars and practitioners to enhance the activities of forensic scientists and authorities who have the difficult responsibility of making decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt provides a better understanding of the humanitarian and cultural dilemmas in the face of violent death episodes, and the unresolved needs of the dignity of the deceased during armed conflicts, disasters, migration crises, including everyday homicides.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology of Violent Death: Theoretical Foundations for Forensic Humanitarian Action\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for forensic scientists, humanitarian workers, human rights defenders, and government and non-governmental officials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is published as part of the AAFS series 'Forensic Science in Focus'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988744847589,"sku":"NP9781119806363","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119806363.jpg?v=1761781423","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/anthropology-of-violent-death-isbn-9781119806363","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}