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OverviewEvery year at least 20,000 people go missing in São Paulo, Brazil. Many will be found, sometimes in mundane mass graves, but thousands will not. Keep the Bones Alive explores this phenomenon and why there is little concern for those who vanish. Ethnographer Graham Denyer Willis works beside family members, state workers, and gravediggers to examine the rationalization behind why bodies are missing in space—from cemeteries, the criminal coroner's office, prisons, and elsewhere. By following the bereaved as they confront an indifferent state and a suspicious society and search for loved ones against all odds, this gripping book reveals where missing bodies go and the reasons why people can disappear without being pursued. Recognizing that disappearance has long been central to Brazil's everyday political order, this humanistic account of the silences surrounding disappearance shows why a demand for a politics of life is needed now more than ever. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Graham Denyer WillisPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.045kg ISBN: 9780520388529ISBN 10: 0520388526 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 26 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Gone 1 Disappearance and the Search 2 Keep the Bones Alive 3 Unearthing Life 4 Disappearance and the Cemetery 5 The Usefulness of Capricious Knowledge 6 The Disappearable Subject 7 From Disappearance, Presence 8 Muted Martyrdom 9 Make Live, Make Disappear 10 “I Just Want to Live” Appendix. Reading Life through Disappearance: A Note on Method Notes References IndexReviews"""Denyer Willis’s Keep the Bones Alive makes an important contribution to our understanding of contemporary disappearances in Latin America."" * The Latin Americanist *" Author InformationGraham Denyer Willis is Associate Professor in Development Studies and Latin American Studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Queens’ College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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