Marginalized in Death A Forensic Anthropology of Intersectional Identity in the Modern Era
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2024
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781666923117
Publisert
2024-03-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Vekt
503 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
151 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384
Contributions by
Foreword by
Biographical note
Jennifer F. Byrnes is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a consultant for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner.
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard Law School.
This volume bridges the gap between forensic and cultural anthropology in how both disciplines describe and theorize the dead, highlighting the potential for interdisciplinary scholarship. As applied disciplines dealing with some of the most marginalized people in our society, forensic anthropologists have the potential to shed light on important and persistent social issues that we face today. Forensic anthropologists have successfully pursued research agendas primarily focused on the development of individual biological profiles, time since death, recovery, and identification. Few, however, have taken a step back from their lab bench to consider how and why people become forensic cases or place their work in a larger theoretical context. Thus, this volume challenges forensic anthropologists to reflect how we can use our toolkit and databases to address larger social issues and quandaries that we face in a world where some are spared from becoming forensic anthropology cases and others are not. As witnesses to violence, crimes against humanity, and the embodied consequences of structural violence, we have the opportunity—and arguably, the responsibility—to transcend the traditional medico-legal confines of our small sub-discipline, by synthesizing forensic anthropology casework into theoretically grounded social science with potentially transformative impacts at a global scale.
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This volume brings forensic and cultural anthropology closer together through case studies of structural violence and power. Paying attention to how death further marginalizes minoritized populations, this volume goes beyond conventional forensic anthropology and sheds light on the field’s potential to address social injustice.
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Taken collectively, the chapters in this volume effectively demonstrate how a forensic anthropology informed by social theorizing makes visible violences (political, structural, symbolic, everyday, posthumous) experienced by certain marginalized and vulnerable groups. Authors’ case studies—about undocumented migrants, rural villagers, gender-diverse individuals, the urban poor and houseless, victims of natural disaster, deceased military personnel, opioid users—are sure to instigate needed policy changes, as well as help realize a praxis that is more compassionate and ethical.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781666923117
Publisert
2024-03-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Vekt
503 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
151 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384
Contributions by
Foreword by
Biographical note
Jennifer F. Byrnes is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a consultant for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner.
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard Law School.