Heritage of Death: Landscapes of Emotion, Memory and Practice (Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series)

By: Helaine Silverman and Mattias Frihammar

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Synopsis: Today, death is being reconceptualised around the world as heritage, replete with material markers and intangible performances. These heritages of death are personal, national and international. They are vernacular as well as official, sanctioned as well as alternative. This book brings together more than twenty international scholars to consider the heritage of death from spatial, political, religious, economic, cultural, aesthetic and emotive aspects. It showcases different attitudes and phases of death and their relationship to heritage through ethnographically informed case studies to illustrate both general patterns and local and national variations. Through analyses of material expressions and social practices of grief, mourning and remembrance, this book shows not only what death means in contemporary societies, but also how individuals, groups and nations act towards death.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781315440187
Related ISBNs:: 9781315440200, 9781138217515, 9781138217515, 9780367884154, 9780367884154
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/25/20
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Mattias Frihammar and Helaine Silverman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Travel, Business and Finance, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Mattias Frihammar
Edited by:: Helaine Silverman