Human remains in society

<p>Whether reburied concealed stored abandoned or publicly displayed human remains raise a vast number of questions regarding social legal and ethical uses by communities public institutions and civil society organisations. This book presents a ground-breaking account of the treatment and commemoration of dead bodies resulting from incidents of genocide and mass violence. Through a range of international case studies across multiple continents it explores the effect of dead bodies or body parts on various political cultural and religious practices. Multidisciplinary in scope it will appeal to readers interested in this crucial phase of post-conflict reconciliation including students and researchers of history anthropology sociology archaeology law politics and modern warfare.<br><br>An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.</p>