Death and the regeneration of life:
It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, ea...
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| Zusammenfassung: | It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to produce a genuinely innovative theoretical approach to the study of the symbolism surrounding death, an outline of which is provided in an important introduction by the editors. The major concern of the volume is the way in which funerary rituals dramatically transform the image of life as a dialectic flux involving exchange and transaction, marriage and procreation, into an image of a still, transcendental order in which oppositions such as those between self and other, wife-giver and wife-taker, Brahmin and untouchable, birth and therefore death have been abolished. This transformation often involves a general devaluation of biology, and, particularly, of sexuality, which is contrasted with a more spiritual and controlled source of life. The role of women, who are frequently associated with biological processes, mourning and death pollution, is often predominant in funerary rituals, and in examining this book makes a further contribution to the understanding of the symbolism of gender. The death rituals and the symbolism of rebirth are also analysed in the context of the political processes of the different societies considered, and it is argued that social order and political organisation may be legitimated through an exploitation of the emotions and biology |
| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
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| 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 |
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| spelling | Death and the regeneration of life edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry Death & the Regeneration of Life Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1982 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) 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 It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to produce a genuinely innovative theoretical approach to the study of the symbolism surrounding death, an outline of which is provided in an important introduction by the editors. The major concern of the volume is the way in which funerary rituals dramatically transform the image of life as a dialectic flux involving exchange and transaction, marriage and procreation, into an image of a still, transcendental order in which oppositions such as those between self and other, wife-giver and wife-taker, Brahmin and untouchable, birth and therefore death have been abolished. This transformation often involves a general devaluation of biology, and, particularly, of sexuality, which is contrasted with a more spiritual and controlled source of life. The role of women, who are frequently associated with biological processes, mourning and death pollution, is often predominant in funerary rituals, and in examining this book makes a further contribution to the understanding of the symbolism of gender. The death rituals and the symbolism of rebirth are also analysed in the context of the political processes of the different societies considered, and it is argued that social order and political organisation may be legitimated through an exploitation of the emotions and biology Funeral rites and ceremonies Death Religion Fertility cults Anthropologie (DE-588)4002230-4 gnd rswk-swf Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 gnd rswk-swf Wiedergeburt (DE-588)4125295-0 gnd rswk-swf Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4143413-4 Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 s Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 s 2\p DE-604 Anthropologie (DE-588)4002230-4 s 3\p DE-604 Wiedergeburt (DE-588)4125295-0 s 4\p DE-604 Bloch, Maurice 1939- (DE-588)171980530 edt Parry, Jonathan P. 1943- (DE-588)1055800670 edt Erscheint auch als Print Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-521-24875-4 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 978-0-521-27037-3 https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511607646 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Death and the regeneration of life 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 Funeral rites and ceremonies Death Religion Fertility cults Anthropologie (DE-588)4002230-4 gnd Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 gnd Wiedergeburt (DE-588)4125295-0 gnd Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 gnd |
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| title | Death and the regeneration of life |
| title_alt | Death & the Regeneration of Life |
| title_auth | Death and the regeneration of life |
| title_exact_search | Death and the regeneration of life |
| title_full | Death and the regeneration of life edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry |
| title_fullStr | Death and the regeneration of life edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Death and the regeneration of life edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry |
| title_short | Death and the regeneration of life |
| title_sort | death and the regeneration of life |
| topic | Funeral rites and ceremonies Death Religion Fertility cults Anthropologie (DE-588)4002230-4 gnd Tod (DE-588)4060294-1 gnd Wiedergeburt (DE-588)4125295-0 gnd Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 gnd |
| topic_facet | Funeral rites and ceremonies Death Religion Fertility cults Anthropologie Tod Wiedergeburt Ethnologie Aufsatzsammlung |
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