The Graveyard and the Table : the Catholic-Orthodox Borderland in Poland and Belarus /

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Author / Creator:	Straczuk, Justyna.
Imprint:	Berlin : Peter Lang, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (254 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives ; 38 Polish studies, transdisciplinary perspectives ; 38.
Subject:	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Poland. Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Belarus. Cemeteries -- Poland. Cemeteries -- Belarus. Mourning customs -- Poland. Mourning customs -- Belarus. Christian life -- Poland. Christian life -- Belarus. Cemeteries. Christian life. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Mourning customs. Belarus. Poland.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13552970

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Other authors / contributors:	Shannon, Alex.
ISBN:	3631866941 9783631866948
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2022).
Summary:	The ethnographic research into death rituals and food practices in the Polish-Belarusian borderland shows that the symbolic boundaries between the Catholic and Orthodox believers are dynamic and situational. The religious identity of the residents is shaped by social relations and norms more than by the institutional frames of both churches.
Other form:	Print version: Shannon, Alex. Graveyard and the Table. Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ©2021 9783631854525

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