Rite, Flesh, and Stone: The Matter of Death in Contemporary Spanish Culture
(Part of the Hispanic Issues Series)
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Forensic science provides information and data behind the circumstances of a particular death, but it is culture that provides death with meaning. With this in mind, Rite, Flesh, and Stone proposes cultural matters of death as its structuring principle, operating as frames of the expression of mortality within a distinct set of coordinates. The chapters offer original approaches to how human remains are handled in the embodied rituals and social...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826502180
ISBN13:9780826502186
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:Vanderbilt University Press
Length:346 Pages
Weight:1.12 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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