EAN: 9783030188252

DEATH ACROSS CULTURES GEBUNDEN

Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures  explores death practices and
beliefs  before and after death  around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on
countries in Africa  Asia  South America  as well as indigenous people in Australia and North
America. These chapters address changes in death rituals and beliefs  medicalization and the
industry of death  and the different ways cultures mediate the impacts of modernity.
Comparative studies with the west and among countries are included. This book brings together
global research conducted by anthropologists  social scientists and scholars who work closely
with individuals from the cultures they are writing about.

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