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| Other authors / contributors: | Roland, Håkon.
Prusac, Marina.
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| ISBN: | 9781782976424
1782976426
9781782976400
178297640X
9781782976417
1782976418
9781782976394
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | The forms by which a deceased person may be brought to rest are as many as there are causes of death. In most societies the disposal of the corpse is accompanied by some form of celebration or ritual which may range from a simple act of deportment in solitude to the engagement of large masses of people in laborious and creative festivities. In a funerary context the term ritual may be taken to represent a process that incorporates all the actions performed and thoughts expressed in connection with a dying and dead person, from the preparatory pre-death stages to the final deposition of the cor.
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| Other form: | Print version: Brandt, J. Rasmus. Death and changing rituals. Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014 9781782976394
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