Overview: Expands the literature on contested, mundane, and comparative perspectives of human responses to death.Reflects the shifting interests of contemporary anthropologists in the contested nature of dying 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
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