Beyond death : beliefs, practice, and material expression

Beyond death beliefs, practice, and material expression

A wide-ranging treatment on the meaning of death, and its juxtaposition with life, from biological, cultural, and spiritual perspectives. Dozens of case studies accompany the principal essays written by scholars, Indigenous community members, and curators of the exhibition 'Death: Life's G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Williams, P. Ryan (Patrick Ryan), editor (editor), Feinman, Gary M., editor, Muro Ynon̋an, Luis, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : British Archaeological Reports 2022.
Colección:Fieldiana. Anthropology ; volume 47.
Materias:
Field Museum of Natural History > Exhibitions.
Archaeothanatology > Exhibitions.
Future life > Social aspects > Exhibitions.
Death > Social aspects > Exhibitions.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762691106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The journey from life to death: biology of the human life cycle and our attempt to control it / Robert D. Martin
  • Soul and vital force: vibrant life matters and mortuary arts in Africana religions and beyond / Kyrah Malika Daniels
  • Performing death / Luis Muro Ynon~a´n
  • Jewish and Christian perspectives on death / William Schweiker
  • Social endurance beyond human death / Gary M. Feinman and Patrick Ryan Williams.

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