03250nam 2200709Ia 450 991081635600332120200520144314.09786612026324978128202632212820263219781444306248144430624397814443062551444306251(CKB)1000000000724609(EBL)437555(OCoLC)351551773(SSID)ssj0000133127(PQKBManifestationID)11132082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133127(PQKBWorkID)10045066(PQKB)10922720(MiAaPQ)EBC437555(Au-PeEL)EBL437555(CaPaEBR)ebr10300838(CaONFJC)MIL202632(Perlego)2756359(EXLCZ)99100000000072460920080729d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCrying shame metaculture, modernity, and the exaggerated death of lament /James M. Wilce1st ed.Malden, MA ;Oxford Wiley-Blackwell20091 online resource (xv, 274 pages) illustrations9781405169929 1405169923 Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-252) and index.Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I Locating Lament as Object; Introduction; 2 For Crying Out Loud: What is Lament Anyway?; 3 Lament and Emotion; 4 Antiquity, Metaculture, and the Control of Lament; Part II Losing Lament: Modernity as Loss; Introduction; 5 Cultural Amnesia and the Objectification of Lament in Bangladesh; 6 Modern Transformations; 7 How Shame Spreads in Modernity; 8 Crying Backward: Primitivist Representations of Lament; Part III Reviving Lament: Lament as Key Trope of Modernity; Introduction; 9 Mourning Becomes the Electron's Age: Lamenting Modernity(ies); 10 Lament's (Post)Modern Vertigo: Floating in a Deterritorialized Media Sea; 11 Lament in a Postmodern World of "Revivals"; 12 Conclusion; Notes; References; IndexBuilding on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context Draws on the author's extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and unique long-term engagement and participation in the phenomenon Offers a startling new perspective on the nature of modernity and postmodernity An important addition to growing literature on cultural globalizationCryingLamentsMourning customsWeepers (Mourners)Crying.Laments.Mourning customs.Weepers (Mourners)306.44393.9393/.9Wilce James MacLynn1953-1596249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816356003321Crying shame3994523UNINA