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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824013103321

Autore

Håland Evy Johanne

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6859-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (690 p.)

Disciplina

305.4

Soggetti

Women and death - Greece - History

Death - Social aspects - Greece

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Social aspects - Greece

Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient - Social aspects - Greece

Greeks - Funeral customs and rites

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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...