Ritual and remembrance : responses to death in human societies /

Ritual and remembrance : responses to death in human societies / edited by Jon Davies. - Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, c1994. - 284 p. : ill., 1 map, music ; 24 cm.

"This book owes its origins to a series of public lectures delivered in 1993 at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne."--p. [7]

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1850754691 (pbk.)

96209956


Death--Social aspects.
Death--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
Death--Cross-cultural studies.
Death in literature.
Death in art.

HQ1073 / .R55 1994

393.1 Rit 1994