EAN: 9780500252611

MEMENTO MORI - PAUL KOUDOUNARIS GEBUNDEN

A macabre  spectacular and thought-provoking survey of human remains used in decorative 
commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today  from the author of Heavenly Bodies
and The Empire of Death. Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some
of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions  in which human remains are displayed
for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones  to skulls
smoking cigarettes  wearing beanie hats and sunglasses  and decorated with garlands of flowers
in South America  Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and
salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places
the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western
society would have us believe.

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