The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
by Thomas W. Laqueur
The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Subjects
Cultural HistoryMortalityRitualsFunerary PracticesHistorical AnthropologyDeath StudiesWestern Civilization
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