Funerals in Africa: Explorations of a social phenomenon
2011; Brill; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1933-8651
Autores Tópico(s)African history and culture analysis
ResumoList of Illustrations Foreword Jan Vansina Introduction: Funerals in Africa. An Introduction Michael Jindra and JoAl Noret Chapter 1. African Funerals and Sociocultural Change: A Review of Momentous Transformations across a Continent Michael Jindra and JoAl Noret Chapter 2. A Decent Death: Changes in Burial in Bulawayo Terence Ranger Chapter 3. Kikuyu Transformation of Death in Kenya: From Hyenas to Tombs Yvan Droz Chapter 4. Decomposing Pollution? Corpses, Burials, and Affliction among the Meru of Central Kenya Mark Lamont Chapter 5. The Rise of Death Celebrations in the Cameroon Grassfields Michael Jindra Chapter 6. Funerals and Religious Pluralism in Burkina Faso Katrin Langewiesche Chapter 7. Funerals and the Religious Imagination: Burying and Honoring the Dead in the Celestial Church of Christ (Southern Benin) JoAl Noret Chapter 8. Of Corpses, Clay, and Photographs: Body Imagery and Changing Technologies of Remembrance in Asante Funeral Culture Marleen de Witte Chapter 9. Funerals and Fetish Interment in Accra, Ghana Jonathan Roberts Notes on the Contributors Bibliography Index
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