The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains
Thomas W. Laqueur • Princeton University Press • ISBN Not provided
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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A comprehensive historical investigation into how the persistent human concern for mortal remains has fundamentally structured Western cultural and social life.
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Contributor: Thomas W. Laqueur
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Category: Death StudiesCategory: Funerary PracticesCategory: Historical AnthropologyCategory: MortalityCategory: RitualsCategory: Sociology Of DeathCategory: TheoryCategory: Western CivilizationCategory: Burial RitesCornerstone of: Cultural History of Death
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