Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning : Past and Present.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spinelli, Robert.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

An overview of grieving and memorialization - from a diverse, international group of academics - ranging from traditional modes of expression to contemporary modes that revolve around the digital world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION Commemoration and Cultural Meaning, Historic and Present / Robert Spinelli, Robyn S. Lacy

PART I Archaeological and Historical Examinations of Grief and Commemoration

CHAPTER 1 From Etruria to Lisbon / Tania Manuel Casimiro, Joel Santos

CHAPTER 2 An Invitation to Mourn / Dan OBrien

CHAPTER 3 Quantifying Trauma / Kaylee P. Alexander

CHAPTER 4 Catharin na Leanbh (Village of Children) / Ciara Henderson

Part II Contemporary Grief and Commemoration

CHAPTER 5 Death, Bodies, Burial, and the Law / Katie Stringer Clary, Acting Chief Cheryl Cail, Chief Harold Buster Hatcher

CHAPTER 6 Absent Corpses. Violated Bodies / Eliana Maniaci

CHAPTER 7 Commemoration through Absence and Presence at the Oklahoma City Memorial / Linda Levitt

CHAPTER 8 Dying for Change / Sarah Raymer

Part III Depictions of Commemoration and Grief through the Media

CHAPTER 9 #RIPQueenElizabeth / Jessica D. Freeman, Jessica Elton

CHAPTER 10 Media Depictions of Grief and Grieving / Anne F. MacLennan

CHAPTER 11 Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder? / Cheyenne Zaremba

CHAPTER 12 Dead Mans Shoes / Chris Farrell

Conclusions and Future Paths for Interdisciplinary Death Studies / Robyn S. Lacy, Robert Spinelli

Index

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Spinelli, Robert Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning

ISBN:

9781836952923

OCLC:

1549483524