Peter Metcalf

Celebrations of Death

The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
Herausgeber: Huntington, Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and updated edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion. Part of its fascination and success-also among a general readership-is that in understanding other people's death rituals we are also able to gain a better understanding of our own.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780521423755
• ISBN-10: 0521423759
• Artikelnr.: 21454261

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction to the second edition
1. Preliminaries
Part I. Universals and Culture: 2. Emotional reactions to death
3. Symbolic associations of death
Part II. Death as Transition: 4. The living and the dead: a re-examination of Hertz
5. Death rituals and life values: rites of passage reconsidered
Part III. The Royal Corpse and the Body Politic: 6. The dead king
7. The immortal kingship
Part IV. Seeing Ourselves Anew: 8. American deathways
Bibliography
Index.