Rituals of death and dying in modern and ancient greece : writing history from a female perspective / by Evy Johanne Håland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Håland, Evy Johanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and death--Greece--History.

Women and death.

Death--Social aspects--Greece.

Death.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Social aspects--Greece.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient--Social aspects--Greece.

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

Greeks--Funeral customs and rites.

Greeks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (690 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Multidisciplinary or post-disciplinary research is what is needed when dealing with such complex subjects as ritual behaviour. This research, therefore, combines ethnography with historical sources to examine the relationship between modern Greek death rituals and ancient written and visual sources on the subject of death and gender. The central theme of this work is women's role in connection with the cult of the dead in ancient and modern Greece. The research is based on studies in ancient...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; GLOSSARY OF GREEK TERMS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6859-0

OCLC:

892799127