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Death and the regeneration of life /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloch, Maurice, Parry, Jonathan P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Death.
Religion.
Fertility cults.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry
  • The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi / Olivia Harris
  • Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic / Jonathan Parry
  • Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death / Andrew Strathern
  • Lugbara death / John Middleton
  • Of flesh and bones / James L. Watson
  • Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies / James Woodburn
  • Death, women, and power / Maurice Bloch.