Celebrations of Death

Released on by Peter Metcalf
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  • Celebrations of Death Book Detail

  • Author : Peter Metcalf
  • Release Date : 1991-10-25
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 10
  • ISBN 13 : 9780521423755
  • File Size : 73,73 MB
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Celebrations of Death by Peter Metcalf PDF Summary

Book Description: Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction to the second edition -- 1. Preliminaries -- Part I. Universals and Culture: 2. Emotional reactions to death -- 3. Symbolic associations of death -- Part II. Death as Transition: 4. The living and the dead: a re-examination of Hertz -- 5. Death rituals and life values: rites of passage reconsidered -- Part III. The Royal Corpse and the Body Politic: 6. The dead king -- 7. The immortal kingship -- Part IV. Seeing Ourselves Anew: 8. American deathways -- Bibliography -- Index.

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