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In my time of dying : a history of death and the dead in West Africa /

"Why do people die and where do they go when they are dead? How should the dead be buried and mourned in order to ensure that they continue to work for the benefit of the living? How have perceptions and experiences of death and the ends of life changed over the centuries? In My Time of Dying c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parker, John, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Cultural Encounter -- Body, Soul and Person -- Speaking of Death -- Grief and Mourning -- Gold, Wealth and Burial -- Faces of the Dead -- The Severed Head -- Slaves -- Human Sacrifice -- Poison -- Christian Encounters -- From House Burial to Cemeteries -- Ghosts and Vile Bodies -- Writing and Reading about Death -- The Colony of Medicine -- Wills and Dying Wishes -- Northern Frontiers -- Reordering the Royal Dead -- Making Modern Deathways -- Conclusion. 
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