Human remains and identification : Mass violence, genocide, and the ‘forensic turn’ / / edited by Élisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dreyfus, Jean-Marc,; Gessat-Anstett, Élisabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Manchester : : Manchester University Press,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Human remains and violence.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages) :; illustrations; digital file(s).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.; Originally published: 2015.
• Other title: Front matter --; Contents --; List of illustrations --; List of contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 Bitter legacies --; 2 Final chapter --; 3 Bykivnia --; 4 The concealment of bodies during the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973-84) --; 5 State secrets and concealed bodies --; 6 A mere technical exercise? --; 7 Disassembling the pieces, reassembling the social --; 8 Identification, politics, disciplines --; 9 Bury or display? --; 10 Remembering the Japanese occupation massacres --; Index
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 178499197X; 1526125013; 152610444X; 1784991961
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Élisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus.

A pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence.