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Mortuary dialogues : death ritual and the reproduction of moral community in Pacific modernities / edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman.
Penn Museum Library GN663 .M67 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 7.
- ASAO studies in pacific anthropology ; volume 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pacific Islanders--Funeral customs and rites.
- Pacific Islanders.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Pacific Area.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Mourning customs--Pacific Area.
- Mourning customs.
- Death--Social aspects--Pacific Area.
- Death.
- Death--Social aspects.
- Pacific Area.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Mortuary Ritual, Modern Social Theory and the Historical Moment in Pacific Modernity / Eric K. Silverman and David Lipset
- Fearing the Dead : The Mortuary Rites of Marshall Islanders amid the Tragedy of Pacific Modernity / Laurence M. Carucci
- Into the World of Sorrow : Women and the Work of Death in Maori Mortuary Rites / Che Wilson and Karen Sinclair
- Death and Experience in Rawa Mortuary Rites, Papua New Guinea / Doug Dalton
- The Knotted Person : Death, the Bad Breast and Melanesian Modernity among the Murik, Papua New Guinea / David Lipset
- Mortuary Ritual and Mining Riches in Island Melanesia / Nicholas A. Bainton and Martha Macintyre
- Finishing Kapui's Name : Birth, Death and the Reproduction of Manam Society, Papua New Guinea / Nancy C. Lutkehaus
- Transformations of Male Initiation and Mortuary Rites among the Kayan of Papua New Guinea / Alexis T. von Poser
- Mortuary Failures : Traditional Uncertainties and Modern Families in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea / Eric K. Silverman
- Everything Will Come Up Like TV, Everything Will Be Revealed : Death in an Age of Uncertainty in the Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea / Joshua Bell
- Afterword. Mortuary Dialogues in Pacific Modernities and Anthropology / David Lipset, Eric K. Silverman and Eric Venbrux.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781785331718
- 178533171X
- OCLC:
- 929590000
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