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Discover the haunting narrative of **Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains**, a gripping exploration of forensic anthropology and the quest for justice in the aftermath of genocide. This insightful work, written by anthropologist **Alexa Hagerty**, delves into the atrocities that occurred during Guatemala's lengthy civil conflict and Argentina’s military dictatorship. With a focus on the role of forensic teams and victims’ families, the book highlights how **forensic investigations** play an essential part in addressing **crimes against humanity**.
The author chronicles her journey as she examines skeletal remains, revealing stories of lives once lived. This profound account uncovers evidence of torture while also shedding light on the personal histories embedded in bones, such as a weaver's calloused feet shaped by labor and the bond between a girl and her dog. Hagerty articulates how this meticulous work not only seeks truth but serves as a comforting ritual to unite ancestors with future generations, facilitating **healing and remembrance**.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781472295781
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781472295781
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Description:
An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice.
"Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the pile of broken mirrors that is loss and mourning."
Over the course of Guatemala's thirty-year armed conflict -the longest ever in Central America-over 200,000 people were killed. During Argentina's military dictatorship in the seventies, over 30,000 people were disappeared. Today, forensic anthropologists in each country are gathering evidence to prove atrocities and seek justice. But these teams do more than just study skeletons-they work to repair families and countries torn apart by violence.
In Still Life with Bones, anthropologist Alexa Hagerty learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for evidence of torture and fatal wounds-hands bound by rope, cuts from machetes-but also for signs of a life lived: to articulate how life shapes us down to the bone. A weaver is recognized from the tiny bones of the toes, molded by years of kneeling before a loom; a girl is identified alongside her pet dog. In the tenderness of understanding these bones, Hagerty discovers how exhumation serves as a ritual in the naming and placement of the dead, and connects ancestors with future generations. She shows us how this work can bring meaning to families deal
The author chronicles her journey as she examines skeletal remains, revealing stories of lives once lived. This profound account uncovers evidence of torture while also shedding light on the personal histories embedded in bones, such as a weaver's calloused feet shaped by labor and the bond between a girl and her dog. Hagerty articulates how this meticulous work not only seeks truth but serves as a comforting ritual to unite ancestors with future generations, facilitating **healing and remembrance**.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781472295781
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781472295781
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Headline
Description:
An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice.
"Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building something new with the pile of broken mirrors that is loss and mourning."
Over the course of Guatemala's thirty-year armed conflict -the longest ever in Central America-over 200,000 people were killed. During Argentina's military dictatorship in the seventies, over 30,000 people were disappeared. Today, forensic anthropologists in each country are gathering evidence to prove atrocities and seek justice. But these teams do more than just study skeletons-they work to repair families and countries torn apart by violence.
In Still Life with Bones, anthropologist Alexa Hagerty learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for evidence of torture and fatal wounds-hands bound by rope, cuts from machetes-but also for signs of a life lived: to articulate how life shapes us down to the bone. A weaver is recognized from the tiny bones of the toes, molded by years of kneeling before a loom; a girl is identified alongside her pet dog. In the tenderness of understanding these bones, Hagerty discovers how exhumation serves as a ritual in the naming and placement of the dead, and connects ancestors with future generations. She shows us how this work can bring meaning to families deal