{"product_id":"ghosts-of-memory-essays-on-remembrance-and-relatedness-paperback","title":"Ghosts of Memory: Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Carsten\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatholic residents of a decayed railway colony in Bengal are haunted by domestic ghosts. Sex workers in London recount pasts that are fragmented among different lives lived under different names. Through a close study of such examples, \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Memory: Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. The essays collected here examine how their various subjects are located in personal and familial histories that connect to the wider political formations of which they are a part. They point to the myriad articulations - of temporality, memory, personal biography, family connection, and political processes - that are manifested in subjective dispositions to the past, and in the imagination of possible futures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosts of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and moves beyond previous approaches to the subject. It suggests some common forms and themes that emerge through the diverse lives, geographical locations, and social contexts considered in these essays: pasts disrupted by migration, personal trauma, or political upheaval; the present disturbed by ghosts and hauntings, illness, and absent or abusive familial relations. Drawing on anthropology, literature, memory studies, and social history, this collection will be of interest to a wide range of specialist and general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.94 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731735515199,"sku":"9781405154239","price":100.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4d3712289e1232effce41629559e58de.webp?v=1765129916","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ghosts-of-memory-essays-on-remembrance-and-relatedness-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}