Barbara Graham

Death, Materiality and Mediation

An Ethnography of Remembrance in Ireland

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Produktbeschreibung

Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with death and remembrance in Ireland. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary Irish communities.

Produktdetails

• Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9781785332821
• ISBN-10: 1785332821
• Artikelnr.: 44889559

Autorenporträt

Barbara Graham is an anthropologist with a special research interest in Ireland. She has extensive research experience in the field of material culture studies, death, emotions, aging and care.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Contextualizing Death
Chapter 1. Field Boundaries
Chapter 2. Talking About The Dead
Chapter 3. Sensing The Memories And The Dead
Chapter 4. Objects Of The Dead
Chapter 5. Collective Remembrance
Chapter 6. Materiality In The Graveyard
Conclusion
Appendix