Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the publication of "Death in the Early Twenty-first Century: Authority, Innovation and Mortuary Rites.” Palgrave, 2017.
About the book
Focusing on tradition, technology, and authority, this volume challenges classical understandings that mortuary rites are inherently conservative. The contributors examine innovative and enduring ideas and practices of death, which reflect and constitute changing patterns of social relationships, memorialisation, and the afterlife. This cross-cultural study examines the lived experiences of men and women from societies across the globe (China, USA, Japan, Africa, South America, with diverse religious heritages and secular value systems. The book demonstrates that mortuary practices are not fixed forms, but rather dynamic processes negotiated by the dying, the bereaved, funeral experts, and public institutions. In addition to offering a new theoretical perspective on the anthropology of death, this work provides a rich resource for readers interested in human responses to mortality: the one certainty of human existence.
Endorsements
“This volume uniquely shows how individuals and groups adapt rites to fit new circumstances, reflecting larger trends and histories. Anyone interested in how tradition and social change interact would benefit from reading this volume.”
- Michael Jindra, University of Notre Dame
“This book magnificently enlightens the global era of choosing one’s death ways. It sheds light not only on the significance of agency, authority, and technological applications to changing mortuary rites, but also on the (re)invention, and negotiation of cultural rituals based on rich ethnographies.”
- Hikaru Suzuki, University of Sydney
“A timely and necessary contribution from anthropology to the study of contemporary death, dying, and disposal. Theoretically rich and ethnographically informed, this volume illustrates that death-related practices not only reflect, but are a conduit for, cultural change in the 21st century. A must read for any student or scholar with an interest in death, dying, and memorialization.”
- Hannah Rumble, University of Bristol
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Introduction
Boret, Sébastien Penmellen (et al.)
Pages 1-27
Fear and Prayers: Negotiating with the Dead in Apiao, Chiloé (Chile)
Bacchiddu, Giovanna
Pages 31-62
Quelling the “Unquiet Dead”: Popular Devotions in the Borderlands of the USSR
Wanner, Catherine
Pages 63-84
Life After Death/Life Before Death and Their Linkages: The United States, Japan, and China
Mathews, Gordon (et al.)
Pages 85-111
Reincarnation, Christianity and Controversial Coffins in Northwestern Benin
Merz, Sharon
Pages 115-150
For the Solace of the Young and the Authority of the Old Death: Photography in Acholi, Northern Uganda
Seebach, Sophie H.
Pages 151-178
Mediating Mortality: Transtemporal Illness Blogs and Digital Care Work
Kneese, Tamara
Pages 179-213
Agency and the Personalization of the Grave in Japan
Boret, Sébastien Penmellen
Pages 217-253
Remembering the Dead: Agency, Authority, and Mortuary Practices in Interreligious Families in the United States
Long, Susan Orpett (et al.)
Pages 255-289
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