Women, pain and death : rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond / edited by Evy Johanne Haland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Håland, Evy Johanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Asia--Social conditions.

Women--Middle East--Social conditions.

Women and death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday-Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond"" is a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collection of articles representing different perspectives and topics related to the general theme Women and Death from differ

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF IMAGES; INTRODUCTION; DEATH AND THE MAIDEN; GREEK WOMEN AND DEATH, ANCIENT AND MODERN; LET THE EARTH BE LIGHT UPON YOU; SYMBOLS OF APPROACHING DEATH; SYMBOLIC AND SOCIAL ROLES OF WOMEN IN DEATH RITUAL IN TRADITIONAL IRISH SOCIETY; WOMEN AND DEATH IN OLD NORSE SOCIETIES; BETWEEN REVERENCE AND FEAR; BRITTLE IMAGES, LINGERING PASTS; METAPHORS KILL, DON'T THEY? BREAST CANCER AND FEAR OF DEATH IN SLOVENE MEDICAL METAPHORS; THE SISTERS KALI AND GANGA; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-41429-1

9786612414299

1-4438-1517-9