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Dead in Banaras : ethnography of funeral travelling /

"Ethnographies fatefully rely on chance encounters, and mysteriously so such encounters come true. 'Dead in Banaras' is an instance of just such a fateful chance encounter. In its inception, it set out to follow the 'dead' across multiple social locations of crematoria, hosp...

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Main Author: Singh, Ravi Nandan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Death > India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) > History > 21st century.
Hindu funeral rites and ceremonies > India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Death > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Cremation > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) > Religious life and customs.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies hindous > Inde > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Crémation > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme.
Death
India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Society & culture: general.
Family and Relationships.
2000-2099
Electronic books.
History
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