Funerary Practices in the Netherlands

Funerary Practices in the Netherlands
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781787698734
ISBN-13 : 1787698734
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Funerary Practices in the Netherlands by : Brenda Mathijssen

This book explores the funerary culture in the Netherlands through a mixture of photographs, figures and case studies. The nine chapters demonstrate the process of funeralising and ideas about death in the Netherlands, providing an overview of contemporary funerary practices and their changes over time.

Funerary Practices in the Netherlands

Funerary Practices in the Netherlands
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Publisher : Emerald Publishing Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1787698769
ISBN-13 : 9781787698765
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Funerary Practices in the Netherlands by : Brenda Mathijssen

This book explores the funerary culture in the Netherlands through a mixture of photographs, figures and case studies. The nine chapters demonstrate the process of funeralising and ideas about death in the Netherlands, providing an overview of contemporary funerary practices and their changes over time.

Breaking and Making the Ancestors

Breaking and Making the Ancestors
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9464280018
ISBN-13 : 9789464280012
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Breaking and Making the Ancestors by : Arjan Louwen

This book delves into the richness of funerary practices reflected in some 3000 urnfield graves excavated throughout the Netherlands in order to reconstruct the mortuary process associated with this fascinating funerary legacy from the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.

Rituals of Birth, Circumcision, Marriage, and Death Among Muslims in the Netherlands

Rituals of Birth, Circumcision, Marriage, and Death Among Muslims in the Netherlands
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Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9042910593
ISBN-13 : 9789042910591
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Rituals of Birth, Circumcision, Marriage, and Death Among Muslims in the Netherlands by : Nathal M. Dessing

Dessing examined the effects of migration on the lifecycle rituals of Moroccan, Turkish and Surinamese Muslims in the Netherlands. She explores how Islamic rituals marking birth, circumcision, marriage, and death have responded and accomodated to the Dutch legal and social context.

The Urban Graveyard

The Urban Graveyard
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9088905037
ISBN-13 : 9789088905032
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Urban Graveyard by : Roos van Oosten

Lavishly illustrated second volume of the Urban graveyard proceedings, on old and new archaeological research of medieval urban graveyards in the Low Countries and Denmark.

Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal

Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 9781000603507
ISBN-13 : 1000603504
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal by : Rafaela Ferraz Ferreira

Academic studies on death and cemeteries are relatively recent in Portugal; those that do exist tend to adopt an essentially historical and artistic point of view. Studies on the practicalities of managing the dead and their spaces are even more recent, and they do not yet form a cohesive body of work. Combining both approaches, Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal is the first book to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Portuguese funerary practice. By exploring the country’s historical development, examining the contemporary legal framework, and systematizing the way Portugal manages its cemeteries, crematoria, and other death spaces, this book aims to provide an essential reference to researchers with an interest in Portuguese funeral practice. Among other themes, this book interprets the predominance of Catholic funerals, examines the relatively recent history of cremation, and contextualizes the practices of exhumation and grave re-use, which are integral to the normal functioning of a Portuguese cemetery. This is the first book on Portuguese death and dying written specifically for a non-Portuguese audience. It will be of interest to researchers and scholars but also accessible to students and non-specialist readers first coming into the subject.

Death and Funeral Practices in Russia

Death and Funeral Practices in Russia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9781000527070
ISBN-13 : 1000527077
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Death and Funeral Practices in Russia by : Sergei Mokhov

Built on original ethnographic research conducted by the author, this book offers a highly detailed and comprehensive account of funerary history and practices in Russia. Death and Funeral Practices in Russia provides rich data on mortality statistics, trends in the funeral market in contemporary Russia, the legal framework of funerary practices, as well as regional and demographic disparities. The first part of the book presents an in-depth account of the historical development of funerary practice in Russia, charting the emergence and evolution of funeral traditions and customs in the country from the Russian Empire to the collapse of the USSR. Having explored the wider historical context surrounding funerary culture in Russia, the second part of the book explores the key features of the funeral industry in post-Soviet times, highlighting critical changes and areas of continuity. Topics explored include the death care industry in Russia, the key features of the typical funeral in the country, cemetery and crematorium provision, the technicalities and legalities of burial and cremation, and the illegal practices within the funeral market. A truly unique offering, the book is essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in the history and legal, technical and professional aspects of the funerary industry in Russia.

Women and Social Change in North Africa

Women and Social Change in North Africa
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9781108419505
ISBN-13 : 110841950X
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and Social Change in North Africa by : Doris H. Gray

A wide-ranging analysis of grass-roots activism, migration, legal, political and religious changes as basis for social transformation.

The Lonely Funeral

The Lonely Funeral
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Publisher : ARC Publications
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1910345520
ISBN-13 : 9781910345528
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lonely Funeral by : Maarten Inghels

Every year, people living in our towns and cities - the homeless, suicides, old people living alone - are found dead. Their funerals are held without relatives or friends. In Amsterdam in 2002, F Starik established a network of poets who would write a personal poem for the deceased and read it at their funeral as an affirmation of their existence.

Corded Ware Coastal Communities

Corded Ware Coastal Communities
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Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 908890328X
ISBN-13 : 9789088903281
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis Corded Ware Coastal Communities by : Sandra Mariet Beckerman

The Corded Ware Culture (c. 2900-2300 BC) is found in a large area, from Russia to the Netherlands and from Scandinavia to Switzerland. Supra-regional elements include beakers decorated with cord and/or spatula imprints, battle-axes, and a funerary customs involving crouched inhumations under barrows with gender-specific placement of the body gender-specific funerary gifts. Analysis of ceramics from well-preserved settlements from the Dutch coastal zone have provided very valuable new information on the Corded Ware chronology, social organization, ideology, subsistence, and use of material culture. A critical review of the commonly applied chronological models shows that many of the underlying premises cannot be supported due to problems with (broad calibration and sample reliability of) 14C dates. This study shows that in the Neolithic Dutch coastal zone, the thin-walled ceramics reflect supra-regional (Corded Ware ) affiliations, whereas the medium-thick-walled and thick-walled ceramics reflect persistent regional (Vlaardingen) traditions. The beakers decorated with cord and spatula impressions were used primarily for cooking; indications for the often proposed use of alcohol (and associated rise of individualization and elites) were not found. It is argued in this study that the Corded Ware Culture represents an economic alliance, a dynamic totality as well as a network linking regional groups - each with a distinct economic base, material culture and ideology. These communities all participated in a vast supra-regional network that was a platform for inter-community exchanges of goods, skills, ideas and possibly people. Affiliation to this supra-regional network was a vital aspect for all regional groups involved, and membership to it was expressed by using a set of common traits. Decorated thin-walled beakers act as symbols of these supra-regional networks and thus embody both functional and ideological roles.