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020			_a9780593443132 _q(Hardcover _qacid-free paper) : _c$28.00
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050	0	0	_aGN69.8 _b.H33 2023
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100	1		_aHagerty, Alexa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStill life with bones : _bgenocide, forensics, and what remains / _cAlexa Hagerty.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCrown, _c[2023]
300			_axvi, 300 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-300).
510	4		_aBookPage, _cMarch 01, 2023
510	4		_aKirkus Reviews, _cJanuary 15, 2023
510	4		_aBooklist, _cFebruary 15, 2023
510	4		_aPublishers Weekly, _cJanuary 09, 2023
520			_a"An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. Today, forensic anthropologists in each country are gathering evidence to prove atrocities and seek justice. But these teams do more than just study skeletons-they work to repair families and countries torn apart by violence. In Still Life with Bones, anthropologist Alexa Hagerty learns to see the dead body with a forensic eye. She examines bones for evidence of torture and fatal wounds-hands bound by rope, cuts from machetes-but also for signs of a life lived: to articulate how life shapes us down to the bone. In the tenderness of understanding these bones, Hagerty discovers how exhumation serves as a ritual in the naming and placement of the dead, and connects ancestors with future generations. She shows us how this work can bring meaning to families dealing with unimaginable loss, and how its symbolic force can also extend to entire societies in the aftermath of state terror and genocide. Encountering the dead has the power to transform us, making us consider each other, our lives, and the world differently. Weaving together powerful stories about investigative breakthroughs, grieving families, histories of violence, and her own forensic coming of age, Hagerty crafts a moving portrait of the living and the dead"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aForensic anthropology _zLatin America.
650		0	_aGenocide.
650		0	_aVictims of violent crimes.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aHagerty, Alexa. _tStill life with bones _dNew York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, [2023] _z9780593443149 _w(DLC) 2022039669
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