The graveyard and the table the Catholic-Orthodox borderland in Poland and Belarus

The book is based on long-term ethnographic research in the Polish-Belarusian borderland. It examines the dynamics of symbolic boundaries between the Catholic and Orthodox believers in their everyday lives. By analyzing the space of local cemeteries, rituals, and attitudes related to death, eating p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Straczuk, Justyna, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Peter Lang Publishing [2021]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Polish studies, transdisciplinary perspectives ; Volume 38.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740909306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • multicultural borderland
  • cultural and religious diversity
  • ethnic identity
  • Poland
  • Belarus
  • Orthodox and Catholic religiousness
  • peasant culture
  • funeral rituals
  • dead remembering
  • peasant cemeteries
  • food practices and sharing
  • religiously mixed families and neighborhood
  • village communities.