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The Marginalized in Death : A Forensic Anthropology of Intersectional Identity in the Modern Era, Paperback / softback Book

The Marginalized in Death : A Forensic Anthropology of Intersectional Identity in the Modern Era Paperback / softback

Edited by Jennifer F. Byrnes, Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes

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This volume bridges the gap between forensic and cultural anthropology in how both disciplines describe and theorize the dead, highlighting the potential for interdisciplinary scholarship.

As applied disciplines dealing with some of the most marginalized people in our society, forensic anthropologists have the potential to shed light on important and persistent social issues that we face today.

Forensic anthropologists have successfully pursued research agendas primarily focused on the development of individual biological profiles, time since death, recovery, and identification.

Few, however, have taken a step back from their lab bench to consider how and why people become forensic cases or place their work in a larger theoretical context.

Thus, this volume challenges forensic anthropologists to reflect how we can use our toolkit and databases to address larger social issues and quandaries that we face in a world where some are spared from becoming forensic anthropology cases and others are not.

As witnesses to violence, crimes against humanity, and the embodied consequences of structural violence, we have the opportunity—and arguably, the responsibility—to transcend the traditional medico-legal confines of our small sub-discipline, by synthesizing forensic anthropology casework into theoretically grounded social science with potentially transformative impacts at a global scale.

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