The Place of the Dead (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521642569)

Although much has been published on the social history of death, this is the first book to give a comprehensive account of attitudes toward the dead--above all the "placing" of the dead, in physical, spiritual and social terms--in order to reveal the social and religious outlook of past societies. The contributions range widely geographically, from Scotland to Transylvania, and address a spectrum of themes: attitudes toward the corpse, patterns of burial, forms of commemoration, the treatment of dead infants, the nature of the afterlife, and ghosts.

Author: Bruce Gordon
ISBN-10: 0521642566
ISBN-13: 9780521642569
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2000
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 61