The Death Rituals of Rural Greece /

The Death Rituals of Rural Greece / / Alexander Tsiaras, Loring M. Danforth.

This compelling text and dramatic photographic essay convey the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village--the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and especially the rite of exhumation. These rituals help Greek villagers face...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Danforth, Loring M.,
Tsiaras, Alexander,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1983
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION: THE SELF AND THE OTHER
  • 1. DEATH IN POTAMIA
  • 2. THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEATH
  • 3. DEATH AS PASSAGE
  • 4. METAPHORS OF MEDIATION IN GREEK FUNERAL LAMENTS
  • 5. WOUNDS THAT NEVER HEAL
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • PHOTOGRAPHS

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