Sociopolitics of Migrant Death and Repatriation Perspectives from Fo
As scholars have by now long contended, global neoliberalism and the violence associated with state restructuring provide key frameworks for understanding flows of people across national boundaries and, eventually, into the treacherous terrains of the Uni
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Krista E. Latham Alyson J. O’Daniel Editors
Sociopolitics of Migrant Death and Repatriation Perspectives from Forensic Science
Bioarchaeology and Social Theory Series editor Debra L. Martin Professor of Anthropology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Krista E. Latham • Alyson J. O’Daniel Editors
Sociopolitics of Migrant Death and Repatriation Perspectives from Forensic Science
Editors Krista E. Latham Biology & Anthropology Departments University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN, USA
Alyson J. O’Daniel Anthropology Department University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Foreword
In 2010, the director of the award-winning documentary, Who Is Dayani Cristal?, was retracing the footsteps of a man who had died while trying to cross the US-Mexico border and following the body through the process of identification and repatriation. Marc Silver, the director, had accompanied the sheriff’s office to the scene on the day the man’s body had been found in the desert, just 20 min from Tucson. He then spent weeks in the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, following every step of the identification process. When the remains of the Honduran man, Dilcy, were positively identified at the medical examiner’s office, Marc accompanied the body to the funeral home, and then onto the same fligh
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