The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Thomas W. Laqueur • Princeton University Press • ISBN 9780691180939
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Thomas W. Laqueur • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 9780691180939
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2015 • 1st Edition
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ISBN 9780691180939 • Completeness 48
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The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century
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Contributor: Thomas W. Laqueur
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Category: Death StudiesCategory: Funerary PracticesCategory: Historical AnthropologyCategory: MortalityCategory: RitualsCategory: TheoryCategory: Western CivilizationCornerstone of: Cultural History of Death
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