The work of the dead : a cultural history of mortal remains

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Work of the Dead -- PART I THE DEEP TIME OF THE DEAD -- 1 Do the Dead Matter? -- 2 The Dead Body and the Persistence of Being -- 3 The Cultural Work of the Dead -- PART II PLACES OF THE DEAD -- 4 The Churchyar...

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Auteur principal: Laqueur, Thomas Walter 1945- (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Princeton [u.a.] : Princeton University Press, 2015
Sujets:Death - Social aspects Funeral rites and ceremonies Death Electronic books
Description matérielle:1 online resource (745 pages)