Birth and Death in British Culture: Liminality, Power, and Performance De Waal Ariane
Birth and Death in British Culture: Liminality, Power, and Performance De Waal Ariane Why discuss birth and death when they lie outside discourse? Because it turns out that both events, while…
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Birth and Death in British Culture: Liminality, Power, and Performance De Waal Ariane
Why discuss birth and death when they lie outside discourse? Because it turns out that both events, while virtually unrepresentable, have spawned a host of representations, narratives, rites, and attempts at making sense of them; and because they may have more similarities than appears at first sight. And why look at them together when they are so much unlike each other, one the moment of fresh beginnings, joys, and the relative certainties of existence, the other the moment of life's end, grief, and the relative uncertainties of non-existence?
The contributions take stock of The 13 interdisciplinary articles collected in this volume prove that looking at the two phenomena in tandem throws into sharp relief the distinct patterns and functions of each, while also highlighting some of the fundamental historical developments, cultural functions, and socio-political issues shared by both.
British Language and Culture
Performance and Power