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020			_a0-521-42375-9
050			_aGN 486 .M48 1991
100			_aMetcalf, P.|Huntington, R.
245		0	_aCelebrations of death: the anthropology of mortuary ritual
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c1991
300			_axiii,236p.
500			_aPresents a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death, a standard text in anthropology, sociology and religion. The book explains that in understanding other people?s death rituals we are able to gain a better understanding of our own. It compares the great tombs of the Berawan of Borneo and the pyramids of Egypt, as well as the dramas of medieval French royal funerals and the burial alive of the Dinka ?masters of the spear? in the Sudan, and other rituals which at first sight seem to have little in common. Introduces reviews, theories and developments in the field of anthropology.Illustrations
650			_aDeath|Anthropology|Ceremonial Behavior|Funeral Rites
942			_2lcc _cBK
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