Mirrors of Passing

Unlocking the Mysteries of Death, Materiality, and Time

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Anthropology
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Author: ISBN: 9781785338953
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: August 1, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781785338953
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: August 1, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us.

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Without exception, all people are faced with the inevitability of death, a stark fact that has immeasurably shaped societies and individual consciousness for the whole of human history. Mirrors of Passing offers a powerful window into this oldest of human preoccupations by investigating the interrelationships of death, materiality, and temporality across far-flung times and places. Stretching as far back as Ancient Egypt and Greece and moving through present-day locales as diverse as Western Europe, Central Asia, and the Arctic, each of the richly illustrated essays collected here draw on a range of disciplinary insights to explore some of the most fundamental, universal questions that confront us.

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