Mirrors of Mortality (Routledge Revivals)

Social Studies in the History of Death
Herausgeber: Whaley, Joachim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1981, this reissue examines mankind's preoccupation with death and mortality by isolating various societies in different periods of time. The authors examine not only the formal rituals associated with the last rite of passage, but also the social attitudes to death and dying which these rituals evidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780415618724
• ISBN-10: 041561872X
• Artikelnr.: 32087185

Autorenporträt

Whaley, Joachim

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Joachim Whaley 1. To Die and Enter the House of Hades:
Homer, Before and After 2. Sacred Corpse, Profane Carrion: Social Ideals
and Death Rituals in the Later Middle Ages 3. From 'Public' to 'Private':
The Royal Funerals in England, 1500-1830 4. Symbolism for the Survivors:
The Disposal of the Dead in Hamburg in the Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries 5. Death and the French Historians 6. Sentiment and Antiquity:
European Tombs, 1750-1830 7. From Ritual to Ceremony: Death Ritual and
Society in Hindu North India since 1600 8. War and Death, Grief and
Mourning in Modern Britain