Death, Materiality and Mediation: An Ethnography of Remembrance in Ireland
Barbara Graham
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Description for Death, Materiality and Mediation: An Ethnography of Remembrance in Ireland
Hardback. 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. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 180 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBZ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. 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 communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. 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 communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785332821
SKU
V9781785332821
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99-15
About Barbara Graham
Barbara Graham is Research Fellow at the University of Stirling, Scotland. She has extensive research experience in the field of material culture studies, death, emotions, aging and care.
Reviews for Death, Materiality and Mediation: An Ethnography of Remembrance in Ireland
Graham has succeeded in conveying a rich, complex, dynamic, nuanced, and moving picture of the ways in which individuals and communities engage with death and loss, and how the dead retain a social presence in the lives of the living.
Christine Valentine, University of Bath Graham has gained unprecedented access to very personal and private situations in ... Read more
Christine Valentine, University of Bath Graham has gained unprecedented access to very personal and private situations in ... Read more