Kathryn A. Mariner is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction: To Speculate Intimately
1 • Suspect and Spectral (M)others
2 • Protective Inspections
3 • Temporal Uncertainties
4 • Kinship's Costs
5 • Closure
Conclusion: Intimacy's Intricacies
Notes
References
Index