Enchantment : : ashes, diamonds and the transformation of funeral culture / / Thorsten Benkel, Thomas Klie, Matthias Meitzler.

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Place / Publishing House:Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (241 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • The Brilliance of Life vs. the Brilliance of Death
  • Preface to the English Edition
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Artifact and Commemoration: Transforming Materiality in the Context of Grief
  • Thorsten Benkel, Thomas Klie, Matthias Meitzler
  • 2 Case Analysis I: "She didn't like the idea of being buried"
  • Thomas Klie
  • 3 Levels of Inorganic Life and the Human. Metamorphosis Between Sociality and Materiality
  • Thorsten Benkel
  • 4 Case Analysis II: "He still protects me"
  • Matthias Meitzler
  • 5 The "Invincible" Brilliance of Life
  • Thomas Klie
  • 6 Case Analysis III: Letting Go. A Story of Artifact Abstinence
  • Thorsten Benkel
  • 7 Autonomy as Legitimization. Professional Dealings in the Context of Ash Artifacts
  • Matthias Meitzler
  • 8 "So that's my wife ...?" The Presentation of an Ash Jewel
  • Thorsten Benkel and Matthias Meitzler
  • 9  Living with the Diamond. Voices from Everyday Life
  • Thorsten Benkel, Thomas Klie, and Matthias Meitzler
  • 10 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Insights and Outlooks
  • Thorsten Benkel, Thomas Klie, Matthias Meitzler
  • References
  • Illustrations
  • The Authors
  • Copyright
  • Body.