Robben

Death, Mourning and Burial

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are few topics that stir the imagination more than the study of how humans across cultures have dealt with the inevitable and universally shared experience of death. 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. The collectionoffers cross-cultural readings thatspan the period from dying to afterlife, approach this transition as a social process, and demonstrate the great variation of cultural responses to death. Death, Mourning, and Burial is divided into six parts that mirror the social trajectory of death: conceptualizations of death; death and dying; uncommon death; grief and mourning; mortuary rituals; and remembrance and regeneration. Each part includes one or two foundational texts on the anthropology of death---on topics such as the disruption of social ties and their restoration through ritual---as well as recent and exciting studies that demonstrate the intellectual breadth of the anthropology of death, such as those on organ donation, "disappearances," and cannibalism. Not only will Death, Mourning, and Burial serve as a sourcebook and primary text for anthropology classes, it will provide a fine-grained book designed to bring a genuinely cross-cultural perspective to all those studying death and dying.

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Produktdetails

• Human Life-Cycle Ser.: Cress-C
• Verlag: Wiley
• New
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781405114707
• ISBN-10: 1405114703
• Artikelnr.: 21409249

Autorenporträt

Antonius C. G. M. Robben is Professor of Anthropology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and past President of the Netherlands Society of Anthropology. His recent books are Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma (edited with Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, 2000) and Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

Part I: Conceptualizations of Death.

Part II: Death and Dying.

Part III: Uncommon Death.

Part IV: Grief and Mourning.

Part V: Mortuary Rituals.

Part VI: Remembrance and Regeneration.

Index

Rezensionen

"I enjoyed this volume immensely; Robben's due care in compiling it is evident throughout, and I have no doubt that it will become an invaluable collection, particularly for those interested in the anthropology of death, but also for others." (Anthropological Forum)"An invaluable resource, this enormously welcome volumetraces the historical development of the cross-cultural study ofdeath and provides readers the luxury of a single-volume collectionof anthropology's classic contributions to thefield."
-Jenny Hockey, University of Sheffield