Celebrations of death: the anthropology of mortuary ritual

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...

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Beteilige Person: Metcalf, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [England] Cambridge University Press 1991
Ausgabe:2nd ed. , rev., and with a new introduction by Peter Metcalf
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Huntington's name appears first on the earlier edition
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index
Umfang:XIII, 236 S. Ill. 24 cm