Missing Persons, Political Landscapes and Cultural Practices winter Brilliantly funny

Brilliantly funny

and unforgettable' The Times In the heat of the French summer of 1910

a family endures the agonizing wait for their son to return from Iraq

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Shanghailanders is an unforgettable exploration of everything that follows 'happily ever after' and the ways a family makes and remakes itself across the years

Missing Persons, Political Landscapes and Cultural Practices winter Brilliantly funnyThis book examines human disappearances anthropologically in various contexts, ranging from enforced disappearances under oppressive governments and during armed conflicts to disappearing undocumented migrants and, finally, to people who go missing under more everyday circumstances. Two focuses run through the book: the relationship between the state and disappearances, and the consequences of disappearances for the families and communities of missing