Death and the regeneration of life / edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Bloch, Maurice, Parry, Jonathan P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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