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Handbook
traces the history of the changing notion of what it means to die and examines the many constructions of afterlife in literature, text, ritual, and material culture throughout time.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife
is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising twenty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, the
is divided into three parts and covers the following important themes:
The study of dying, death, and grief
Disposal of the dead: past, present, and future
Representations of death: narratives and rhetoric
Youth meets death: a juxtaposition
Questionable deaths and afterlives: suicide, ghosts, and avatars
Material corpses and imagined afterlives around the world
Within these sections, central issues, debates, and problems are examined, including: the world of death and dying from various cultural viewpoints and timeframes, cultural and social constructions of the definition of death, disposal practices, and views of the afterlife.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology.
Handbook
traces the history of the changing notion of what it means to die and examines the many constructions of afterlife in literature, text, ritual, and material culture throughout time.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife
is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising twenty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, the
is divided into three parts and covers the following important themes:
The study of dying, death, and grief
Disposal of the dead: past, present, and future
Representations of death: narratives and rhetoric
Youth meets death: a juxtaposition
Questionable deaths and afterlives: suicide, ghosts, and avatars
Material corpses and imagined afterlives around the world
Within these sections, central issues, debates, and problems are examined, including: the world of death and dying from various cultural viewpoints and timeframes, cultural and social constructions of the definition of death, disposal practices, and views of the afterlife.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology.
This
Handbook
traces the history of the changing notion of what it means to die and examines the many constructions of afterlife in literature, text, ritual, and material culture throughout time.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife
is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising twenty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, the
is divided into three parts and covers the following important themes:
The study of dying, death, and grief
Disposal of the dead: past, present, and future
Representations of death: narratives and rhetoric
Youth meets death: a juxtaposition
Questionable deaths and afterlives: suicide, ghosts, and avatars
Material corpses and imagined afterlives around the world
Within these sections, central issues, debates, and problems are examined, including: the world of death and dying from various cultural viewpoints and timeframes, cultural and social constructions of the definition of death, disposal practices, and views of the afterlife.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology.
Handbook
traces the history of the changing notion of what it means to die and examines the many constructions of afterlife in literature, text, ritual, and material culture throughout time.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife
is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising twenty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, the
is divided into three parts and covers the following important themes:
The study of dying, death, and grief
Disposal of the dead: past, present, and future
Representations of death: narratives and rhetoric
Youth meets death: a juxtaposition
Questionable deaths and afterlives: suicide, ghosts, and avatars
Material corpses and imagined afterlives around the world
Within these sections, central issues, debates, and problems are examined, including: the world of death and dying from various cultural viewpoints and timeframes, cultural and social constructions of the definition of death, disposal practices, and views of the afterlife.
The Routledge Handbook of Death and the Afterlife is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology.
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