Going underground : the meanings of death and burial for minority groups in Israel /

"Going Underground: The Meanings of Death and Burial for Minority Groups in Israel is about the attitudes towards death and burial in contemporary society. It provides information on the attitudes of several minority groups living in Israel today, including four communities of Russian Jews, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shay, Talia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Archaeopress, [2021]
Subjects:
Death > Israel.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Israel.
Burial > Israel.
Minorities > Israel > Social life and customs.
Mort > Israël.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Israël.
Sépulture > Israël.
Burial
Death
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Minorities > Social life and customs
Israel
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Reflections on death and burial
  • Methodology : the northern cemetery
  • The interviews : the northern cemetery
  • The urban cemetery, kibbutz cemetery and public cemeteries
  • A nominalist approach : archaeology of remembrance and contemporary archaeology
  • Conclusion: The assemblage theory, or, Is there an anthropology of death and burial?

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