Mirrors of passing : unlocking the mysteries of death, materiality, and time /

"Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Seebach, Sophie (Editor ), Willerslev, Rane, 1971- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Temas:
Death > Cross-cultural studies.
Material culture.
Mort > Études transculturelles.
Culture matérielle.
material culture (discipline)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
Death
Material culture
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785338953
1785338951

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