ANTHRO 337A - Violence:The Sacred and Rights of the Dead

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Stanford University

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(Same as FRENGEN 367.) The politics of dead bodies as key issue in the humanities during recent decades that link scholars from various disciplines. Contemporary examples of reburial practices of indigenous people, exhumation of disappeared bodies in Latin America, exhibitions of human remains, representation of dead bodies in art, and recent developments in the funerary practices (LifeGem, Biopresence). Rene Girard's theory of the relationship between violence and the sacred. 3-5 units, Spr (Domanska, E)

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3.00 - 5.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stanford.edu/

Phone Number:

(650) 723-2300

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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