Death, Mourning and Burial A Cross-Cultural Reader
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Human Life-Cycle Ser.: Cress-C
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Wiley-Blackwell
Fr. 52.90
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.11.2004
Herausgeber
Antonius C. G. M. RobbenVerlag
Wiley-BlackwellSeitenzahl
336
Maße (L/B/H)
24.5/16.9/2.5 cm
Gewicht
598 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4051-1471-4
In "Death, Mourning, and Burial," an indispensable introduction to the anthropology of death, readers will find a rich selection of some of the finest ethnographic work on this fascinating topic.Comprised of six sections that mirror the social trajectory of death: conceptualizations of death; death and dying; uncommon death; grief and mourning; mortuary rituals; and remembrance and regenerationIncludes canonical readings as well as recent studies on topics such as organ donation and cannibalismDesigned for anyone concerned with issues of death and dying, as well as: violence, terrorism, war, state terror, organ theft, and mortuary ritualsServes as a text for anthropology classes, as well as providing a genuinely cross-cultural perspective to all those studying death and dying
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