An Anthropology of Absence Materializations of Transcendence and Loss /

In studying material culture, anthropologists and archaeologists use meaningful physical objects from a culture to help understand the less tangible aspects of that culture, such as societal structure, rituals, and values. What happens when these objects are destroyed, by war, natural disaster, or o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bille, Mikkel. (Editor), Hastrup, Frida. (Editor), Soerensen, Tim Flohr. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5529-6