Celebrations of Death Metcalf Peter University of Virginia
Celebrations of Death Metcalf Peter University of Virginia This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology and…
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Celebrations of Death Metcalf Peter University of Virginia
This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology and religion. The authors refer to a wide variety of examples, from different continents and epochs. Part of its fascination is that in understanding other people's death rituals we are able to gain a better understanding of our own.
Many of these cases are anthropological classics, but the authors place them in an alternative context, so as to shape a novel synthesis on the anthropology of death ritual. They compare the great tombs of the Berawan of Borneo and the pyramids of Egypt, as well as the dramas of medieval French royal funerals and the burial alive of the Dinka 'masters of the spear' in the Sudan, and other rituals which at first sight seem to have little in common. A fresh introduction reviews theoretical developments in the field since the book first appeared in 1979.
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