Mirrors of Passing
Unlocking the Mysteries of Death, Materiality, and Time
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Anthropology
| 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.
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.
