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Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader
Antonius C. Robben
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Description for Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying. This expanded second edition of the internationally bestselling Death, Mourning, and Burial offers cross-cultural readings that span the period from dying to afterlife, considering approaches to this transition as a social process and exploring the great variations of cultural responses to death. Exploring new content including organ transplantation, institutionalized care for the dying, HIV-AIDs, animal mourning, and biotechnology, ... Read more
The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortuary cannibalism Few subjects stir the imagination more than the study of how people across cultures deal with death and dying. This expanded second edition of the internationally bestselling Death, Mourning, and Burial offers cross-cultural readings that span the period from dying to afterlife, considering approaches to this transition as a social process and exploring the great variations of cultural responses to death. Exploring new content including organ transplantation, institutionalized care for the dying, HIV-AIDs, animal mourning, and biotechnology, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119151746
SKU
V9781119151746
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About Antonius C. Robben
ANTONIUS C.G.M. ROBBEN, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and past President of the Netherlands Society of Anthropology. His authored books include Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina (2005), which won the 2006 Textor Prize from the American Anthropological Association, and his edited work includes Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2012) and ... Read more
Reviews for Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader
Robben has produced an outstanding collection of classic and contemporary essays on death and mourning. The carefully balanced selection and lucid introduction make this a superb teaching text. Michael Lambek, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada This impressive combination of classic and very recent studies of how humans respond to death demonstrates anthropology's vibrant ... Read more