Political lives of dead bodies, the: reburial and postsocialist change
Auteur :
Verdery, Katherine
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231112314
Date de publication :
8 sept. 2000
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Since 1989, scores of bodies across Eastern Europe have been exhumed and brought to rest in new gravesites. Verdery investigates why certain corpses have taken on political life in the turbulent times following the end of Communist Party rule.