LEADER 03438nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910457667603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78238-129-5 010 $a1-283-32650-7 010 $a9786613326508 010 $a0-85745-205-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063000 035 $a(EBL)795480 035 $a(OCoLC)761845655 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536968 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12176379 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536968 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10551839 035 $a(PQKB)11409569 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795480 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745052 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL332650 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063000 100 $a20110203d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFunerals in Africa$b[electronic resource] $eexplorations of a social phenomenon /$fedited by Michael Jindra and Joe?l Noret 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-128-7 311 $a0-85745-206-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Foreword; Funerals in Africa: An Introduction; Chapter 1 - African Funerals and Sociocultural Change: A Review of Momentous Transformations across a Continent; Chapter 2 - A Decent Death: Changes in Funerary Rites in Bulawayo; Chapter 3 - Transformations of Death among the Kikuyu of Kenya: From Hyenas to Tombs; Chapter 4 - Decomposing Pollution? Corpses, Burials, and Affliction among the Meru of Central Kenya; Chapter 5 - The Rise of ""Death Celebrations"" in the Cameroon Grassfields; Chapter 6 - Funerals and Religious Pluralism in Burkina Faso 327 $aChapter 7 - Funerals and the Religious Imagination: Burying and Honoring the Dead in the Celestial Church of Christ in southern BeninChapter 8 - Of Corpses, Clay, and Photographs: Body Imagery and Changing Technologies of Remembrance in Asante Funeral Culture; Chapter 9 - Funerals and Fetish Interment in Accra, Ghana; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $a Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volum 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zAfrica 606 $aDeath$xReligious aspects 607 $aAfrica$xSocial life and customs 607 $aAfrica$xReligious life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies 615 0$aDeath$xReligious aspects. 676 $a393/.9 701 $aJindra$b Michael$0994222 701 $aNoret$b Joe?l$0994223 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457667603321 996 $aFunerals in Africa$92276955 997 $aUNINA