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Women, pain, and death : rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond /

""Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday-Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond"" is a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collection of articles representing different perspectives and topics related to the general theme Women and Death from differ

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Håland, Evy Johanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Death and the maiden : sex, death, and women's laments / Gail Holst-Warhaft
  • Greek women and death, ancient and modern : a comparative analysis / Evy Johanne Håland
  • "Let the earth be light upon you" : remembering the dead in a meadow Mari village / Helena Ruotsala
  • Symbols of approaching death : the role of the woman / Tatiana Minniyakhmetova
  • Symbolic and social roles of women in death ritual in traditional Irish society / Jenny Butler
  • Women and death in old Norse societies : an archaeological perspective / Liv Helga Dommasnes
  • Between reverence and fear : Jewish women and death in medieval and early modern Ashkenaz / Alexandra Cuffel
  • Brittle images, lingering pasts : photographs, memories and bereavement / Nefissa Naguib
  • Metaphors kill, don't they? Breast cancer and fear of death in Slovene medical metaphors / Mojca Ramšak
  • The sisters Kali and Ganga : waters of life and death / Terje Oestigaard.