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    Blood Will Out: Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
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    Blood Will Out: Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows

    By Janet Carsten

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    About this ebook

    Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood.

    • An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologists
    • Incorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship studies, medical anthropology, the anthropology of religion, the sociological study of finance, and textual analysis
    • Covers topics such as Medieval European conceptions of blood; blood and the brain; blood and the cultural study of finance; and blood types, identity, and association in twentieth-century America

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateJul 29, 2013
    ISBN9781118656266
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