Blood Will Out

Zusatztext

<p>Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood.</p><ul><li>An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologists</li><li>Incorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship studies, medical anthropology, the anthropology of religion, the sociological study of finance, and textual analysis</li><li>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</li></ul><p></p>

Autorenportrait

<p><b>Janet Carsten</b> is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the anthropology of kinship. She is the author of<i>After Kinship</i>(2004) and<i>The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community</i> (1997). She is the editor of<i>Ghosts of Memory: Essays on Remembrance and Relatedness</i> (Blackwell, 2007) and<i>Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship</i> (2000).</p>

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