The death rituals of rural Greece - Loring M. Danforth
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KORTE INHOUD
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 the universal paradox of mourning: how can the living sustain relationships with the dead and at the same time bring them to an end, in order to continue to live meaningfully as members of a community? That is t...
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1982 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 169 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691000271 ISBN-13: 9780691000275Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Softcover, 248pp., 19x23cm., with 31 pictures, in good condition (covers with traces of use, paper edges and first and last pages a bit foxing, inside further in very good condition). ISBN 9780691000275.
New Jersey Princeton University Press 1982
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New Jersey Princeton University Press 1982
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