Mortuary dialogues : death ritual and the reproduction of moral community in Pacific modernities / / edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90995 |
Collana | ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacific Islanders - Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pacific Area Mourning customs - Pacific Area Death - Social aspects - Pacific Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
after death
afterlife anthropologist anthropology back to normal belief burial christianity colonialism communication cultural culture david lipset death dialogue dying eric k silverman fear of death grave grief historian islands last rites life and death loss maori modern world morgue mortuary mourning pacific islands papua new guinea personhood religion ritual society sorrow spirit talk tribal tribe |
ISBN | 1-78533-172-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Mortuary Ritual, Modern Social Theory, and the Historical Moment in Pacific Modernity; Part 1 - Tenacious Voices; Chapter 1 - Fearing the Dead: The Mortuary Rites of Marshall Islanders amid the Tragedy of Pacific Modernity; Chapter 2 - Into the World of Sorrow: Women and the Work of Death in Maori Mortuary Rites; Chapter 3 - Death and Experience in Rawa Mortuary Rites, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 - The Knotted Person: Death, the Bad Breast, and Melanesian Modernity among the Murik, Papua New Guinea
Chapter 5 - Mortuary Ritual and Mining Riches in Island MelanesiaPart 2 - Equivocal Voices; Chapter 6 - Finishing Kapui's Name: Birth, Death, and the Reproduction of Manam Society, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 7 - Transformations of Male Initiation and Mortuary Rites among the Kayan of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 8 - Mortuary Failures: Traditional Uncertainties and Modern Families in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 9 - Everything Will Come Up Like TV, Everything Will Be Revealed: Death in an Age of Uncertainty in the Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea Afterword - Mortuary Dialogues in Pacific Modernities and AnthropologyIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798597203321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mortuary dialogues : death ritual and the reproduction of moral community in Pacific modernities / / edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90995 |
Collana | ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacific Islanders - Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pacific Area Mourning customs - Pacific Area Death - Social aspects - Pacific Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
after death
afterlife anthropologist anthropology back to normal belief burial christianity colonialism communication cultural culture david lipset death dialogue dying eric k silverman fear of death grave grief historian islands last rites life and death loss maori modern world morgue mortuary mourning pacific islands papua new guinea personhood religion ritual society sorrow spirit talk tribal tribe |
ISBN | 1-78533-172-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Mortuary Ritual, Modern Social Theory, and the Historical Moment in Pacific Modernity; Part 1 - Tenacious Voices; Chapter 1 - Fearing the Dead: The Mortuary Rites of Marshall Islanders amid the Tragedy of Pacific Modernity; Chapter 2 - Into the World of Sorrow: Women and the Work of Death in Maori Mortuary Rites; Chapter 3 - Death and Experience in Rawa Mortuary Rites, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 - The Knotted Person: Death, the Bad Breast, and Melanesian Modernity among the Murik, Papua New Guinea
Chapter 5 - Mortuary Ritual and Mining Riches in Island MelanesiaPart 2 - Equivocal Voices; Chapter 6 - Finishing Kapui's Name: Birth, Death, and the Reproduction of Manam Society, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 7 - Transformations of Male Initiation and Mortuary Rites among the Kayan of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 8 - Mortuary Failures: Traditional Uncertainties and Modern Families in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 9 - Everything Will Come Up Like TV, Everything Will Be Revealed: Death in an Age of Uncertainty in the Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea Afterword - Mortuary Dialogues in Pacific Modernities and AnthropologyIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812148503321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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