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Titre
Dancing on the Grave: Encounters with Death
Auteur
Barley, Nigel
Langue
anglais
ISBN
0719552869
Éditeur
John Murray, London.
Prix
€ 12,50(Excl. toute livraison)
Détails
1995, first edition, 240 pp., hardcover with dustjacket, incl. index and bibliography, condition as new.
Plus d'informations
Seeking to merge the information of theologians and anthropologists, this book looks at the variety of ways in which cultures around the world deal with death and give it meaning. In some cultures, most famously Ancient Egypt, families would virtually financially ruin themselves in order to deal with the death of just one person. Other cultures such as the nomadic peoples of southern Africa, simply pull down the roof of their dwelling onto the body and move on, while the wrapped bodies in Torajan (Indonesian) houses are used as shelves. The reader is guided through such diverse areas as myths about death, belief about ways to mourn, joking at funerals, post-mortem videos, cannibalism, headhunting and royal mortuary ritual.
This work takes a look at how different cultures around the world have handled death and given it its meaning. Some cultures, for example, Ancient Egypt, virtually bankrupted themselves to deal with the death of a single person; others simply pull down the roof on the corpse
and walk away. The book shows how much of even the most exotic practices and themes can be relevant to all. .
This work takes a look at how different cultures around the world have handled death and given it its meaning. Some cultures, for example, Ancient Egypt, virtually bankrupted themselves to deal with the death of a single person; others simply pull down the roof on the corpse
and walk away. The book shows how much of even the most exotic practices and themes can be relevant to all. .
