A Companion to the Anthropology of Death

A Companion to the Anthropology of Death

A Companion to the Anthropology of Death was written by and Antonius C. G. M. Robben. The 544 page book was published by John Wiley & Sons in 2018 with an ISBN 10 of 1119222311. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. A Companion to the Anthropology of Death mentions 1 serial killers including Charles Edmund Cullen. The author Antonius C. G. M. Robben has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

A thought-provoking examination of death, dying, and the afterlife Prominent scholars present their most recent work about mortuary rituals, grief and mourning, genocide, cyclical processes of life and death, biomedical developments, and the materiality of human corpses in this unique and illuminating book. Interrogating our most common practices surrounding death, the authors ask such questions as: How does the state wrest away control over the dead from bereaved relatives? Why do many mourners refuse to cut their emotional ties to the dead and nurture lasting bonds? Is death a final condition or can human remains acquire agency? The book is a refreshing reassessment of these issues and practices, a source of theoretical inspiration in the...