{"product_id":"rest-in-plastic-isabel-bredenbrziker-9781805395034","title":"Rest in Plastic: Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e In Peki, an Ewe town in the Ghanaian Volta Region, death is a matter of public concern. By means of funeral banners printed with synthetic ink on PVC, public lyings in state, cemented graves and wreaths made from plastic, death occupies a prominent place in the world of the living. \u003cem\u003eRest in Plastic\u003c\/em\u003e gives an insight into local entanglements of death, synthetic materials and power in Ewe community. It shows how different materials and things that come to shape power relations, exist in a delicate balance between state and local governance, kin and outsiders, death and life, the invisible and the visible, movement and containment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabel Bredenbröker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805395033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805395034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Isabel Bredenbröker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934098514175,"sku":"9781805395034","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4f0d271-3751-4b41-aaaa-8dd05b929277.jpg?v=1721790345","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rest-in-plastic-isabel-bredenbrziker-9781805395034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}