The Poetics of Processing : Memory Formation, Identity, and the Handling of the Dead /

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"Examines complex cultural meanings of manipulation of remains after death and combines social theory and bioarchaeology to examine how the living manipulate the bodies of the dead for social purposes. From prehistoric to modern and old world to the new, humans have a relationship with the dead...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Osterholtz, Anna J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Whitehead, Neil L.
Violence.
Death > Social aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Dead > Social aspects.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Examines complex cultural meanings of manipulation of remains after death and combines social theory and bioarchaeology to examine how the living manipulate the bodies of the dead for social purposes. From prehistoric to modern and old world to the new, humans have a relationship with the dead that doesn't cease with physical death"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781646420612

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