Blood Will Out Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
, by Carsten, JanetNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781118656280 | 1118656288
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/28/2013
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