TY - BOOK ID - 8285461 TI - An anthropology of absence : materializations of transcendence and loss AU - Bille, Mikkel. AU - Hastrup, Frida. AU - Srensen, Tim Flohr. PY - 2010 SN - 144195533X 1441955283 1489983368 1441955291 9786612838651 1282838652 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Lost articles. KW - Material culture. KW - Memorials. KW - Symbolic anthropology. KW - Material culture KW - Lost articles KW - Memorials KW - Symbolic anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Social Change KW - Social & Cultural Anthropology KW - Social Sciences KW - Symbolism in anthropology KW - Social sciences. KW - Cultural heritage. KW - Anthropology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Cultural Heritage. KW - Culture KW - Folklore KW - Technology KW - Cultural heritage KW - Cultural patrimony KW - Cultural resources KW - Heritage property KW - National heritage KW - National patrimony KW - National treasure KW - Patrimony, Cultural KW - Treasure, National KW - Property KW - World Heritage areas KW - Human beings KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8285461 AB - 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 other historical events? Through detailed explanations of eleven international case studies, the contributions reveal that the absence of objects can be just as telling as their presence, while the objects created to memorialize a loss also have important cultural implications. Covering everything from organ donation, to funerary rituals, to prisoners of war, The Anthropology of Absence is written at an important intersection of archaeological and anthropological study. Divided into three sections, this volume uses the "presence" of absence to compare cultural perceptions of: material qualities and created memory, the mind/body connection, temporality, and death. This rich text provides a strong theoretical framework for anthropologists and archaeologists studying material culture. ER -