The Materiality of Mourning: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives

The Materiality of Mourning: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
ISBN-10
1351127640
ISBN-13
9781351127646
Category
Social Science
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
2018-07-17
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Zahra Newby, Ruth Toulson

Description

Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember, mourn and grieve. The chapters in this volume analyse a diverse range of objects and their role in the processes of grief and mourning, with contributions by scholars in anthropology, history, fashion, thanatology, religious studies, archaeology, classics, sociology, and political science. The book brings together consideration of emotions, memory and material agency to inform a deeper understanding of the specific roles played by objects in funerary contexts across historical and contemporary societies.

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