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Record ID marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary/sfpl_chq_2018_12_24_run05.mrc:426926539:2925
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008 160815s2017 enka b 001 0 eng d
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037 $bCasemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, 1950 Lawrence rd, Havertown, PA, USA, 19083, (610)8539131$nSAN 631-9386
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100 1 $aKerrigan, Michael,$d1959-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe history of death /$cMichael Kerrigan.
250 $aPaperback edition.
264 1 $aLondon :$bAmber Books,$c2017.
300 $a192 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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500 $aFirst published: 2007.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The beginning or the end: ideas of afterlife -- Ancient funerary rights -- Death and judgment -- The ancestors at hand -- The demanding dead -- Towards modernity, the western tradition -- A world of rituals -- Death, present and future -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 $a"The History of Death explores the compelling subject of death, burial, and the afterlife in varied cultures, societies, and ages. Examines the various approaches to funerals, from sky burials in Tibet and mummification in Egypt, to being left to rot in the family home in Indonesia. Balances grim facts with intriguing details, such as remarkable burial requests, extravagant funerals, human sacrifice, and ritual killings. Illustrated throughout with photographs and artworks of representations of death and funerary rituals throughout history up to the present day"--Back cover.
650 0 $aDeath$xHistory.
650 0 $aRites and ceremonies.
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