Governing the dead: sovereignty and the politics of dead bodies.

In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of authority. Focusing on the relationship between bodies and sovereignty, Governing the dead explores how, by whom and with what effects dead bodies are governed in conflict and non-confl...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors:	Stepputat, Finn (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester Univ Press 2016.
Series:	Human remains and violence.
Subjects:	Human body > Law and legislation. Dead bodies (Law) Dead. Social problems. Social problems Dead Human body > Law and legislation