00000cmm a22000008i 4500 UP-99796217612631958 Buklod 20171104152130.0 a r |||| u| ta 101021s1991 enk o u eng|d 9780511803178 (ebook) (iLib)UPD-00344414683 DML eng DMLUC GN 486 M48 1991eb Metcalf, Peter author. Celebrations of death [electronic resource] the anthropology of mortuary ritual Peter Metcalf, Richard Huntington. Second edition. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1991. 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology and religion. Part of its fascination is that in understanding other people's death rituals we are able to gain a better understanding of our own. The authors refer to a wide variety of examples, from different continents and epochs. They compare the great tombs of the Berawan of Borneo and the pyramids of Egypt, as well as the dramas of medieval French royal funerals and the burial alive of the Dinka 'masters of the spear' in the Sudan, and other rituals which at first sight seem to have little in common. Many of these cases are anthropological classics, but the authors place them in an alternative context, so as to shape a novel synthesis on the anthropology of death ritual. A fresh introduction reviews theoretical developments in the field since the book first appeared in 1979. Electronic books. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Death. Huntington, Richard 1945- author. Cambridge Books Online (Online service). Available for University of the Philippines System via Cambridge Books Online. Click here to access https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803178 (viewed 9 November 2017) FO Monograph UPD DMLS GN 486 M48 1991eb Electronic Resource