An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of Transcendence and Loss

An Anthropology of Absence: Materializations of Transcendence and Loss

by Mikkel Bille (Editor), Frida Hastrup (Editor), Frida Hastrup (Editor), Mikkel Bille (Editor), Tim Flohr Soerensen (Editor)

Synopsis

This text uses eleven case studies to show that in the fields of anthropology and archaeology, the absence of objects can be just as telling as their presence. It also discusses how objects created to memorialize a loss have important cultural implications.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Edition: 2010
Publisher: Springer
Published: 09 Apr 2010

ISBN 10: 1441955283
ISBN 13: 9781441955289