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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Osterholtz, Anna J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Whitehead, Neil L.
Violence.
Death > Social aspects.
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.
Dead > Social aspects.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781646420612

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