{"product_id":"9781405154239","title":"Ghosts of Memory Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGhosts of Memory\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEssays on Remembrance and Relatedness\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJanet Carsten\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how various subjects are located in personal and familial histories that connect to the wider political formations of which they are a part\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClosely examines diverse and intriguing case studies, e.g. Catholic residents of a decayed railway colony in Bengal, and sex workers in London\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together original essays authored by contemporary experts in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on anthropology, literature, memory studies, and social history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJanet Carsten\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eAfter Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). She has co-edited \u003ci\u003eAbout the House: Lévi-Strauss and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) with Stephen Hugh-Jones, and edited \u003ci\u003eCultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). Her current research deals with new approaches to kinship in anthropology, adoption reunions, kinship and memory.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 July 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405154239\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315165720716,"sku":"9781405154239","price":50.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405154239.jpg?v=1780204728","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405154239","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}