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Life and Death in Latin American Cities : The Necropolis at Stake.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klaufus, Christien.
- Series:
- Death and Culture Series
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The infrastructure of death is an undeniable part of urban life, yet it is often overlooked in the study of cities.This book explores the intricate dynamics between the living and the dead in six Latin American cities: Bogotá, Medellín, Lima, Buenos Aires, Quetzaltenango and Cuenca.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Life and Death in Latin American Cities: The Necropolis at Stake
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Series Editors' Preface
- About this book
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: Approaches to Deathcare in Latin America
- The necropolis as basic urban infrastructure
- Decentering death studies
- Time and space as prisms onto death worlds
- Thinking co-spatially
- Cases and chapters
- 1 Death and the City
- Contesting the idea of a "general" cemetery
- Crafting the modern Latin American city
- Massive death and the hygienist movement
- All sorts of waste
- Bio-governing the city during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Cartography of unequal deathscapes
- Discussion
- 2 Caring for the Dead
- Dead disposal arrangements
- Being a cemetery manager
- Cremation and contemporary "murderous vapors"
- Contested cultural practices
- Remote death, remote dignity
- 3 The Self-help Necropolis
- Do-it-yourself burials
- Informal cemeteries
- Deathscapes as livelihood
- Illicit trade and looting
- Entierras calientes
- Barrista mortuary rituals
- Virtual solidarity in deathcare
- 4 The Cemetery as Sanctuary
- Popular religiosity in a relational-ontology framework
- Superstar saints
- The cowboy saint in Buenos Aires
- The brewer and the prostitute in Bogot á
- Lost souls and lasting memory
- Politics of necro-violence
- 5 Necro-gentrification
- Commodification of deathcare
- Neutralizing death through design
- State-led gentrification
- The rise and spread of necro-tourism
- Conclusion: The Necropolis at Stake
- Clashing views on the value of the necropolis
- The right to the necropolis
- Best practices.
- Polis and necropolis
- Notes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Conclusion
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Klaufus, Christien Life and Death in Latin American Cities
- ISBN:
- 9781529245028
- OCLC:
- 1540955375
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