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Death in the Early Twenty-first Century : Authority, Innovation, and Mortuary Rites by Sébastien Penmellen Boret, Susan Orpett Long, Sergei Kan (eds.) is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Death in the Early Twenty-first Century : Authority, Innovation, and Mortuary Rites about?
Focusing on tradition, technology, and authority, this volume challenges classical understandings that mortuary rites are inherently conservative. The contributors examine innovative and enduring ideas and practices of death, which reflect and constitute changing patterns of social relationships, memorialisation, and the afterlife. This cross-cultural study examines the lived experiences of men and women from societies across the globe with diverse religious heritages and secular value systems.
Who reads Death in the Early Twenty-first Century : Authority, Innovation, and Mortuary Rites?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sébastien Penmellen Boret, Susan Orpett Long, Sergei Kan (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319523644
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Folklore, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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