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Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom
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Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom / Casey Golomski.
ISBN
9780253036445
9780253036452
9780253036469 (e-book)
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (234 pages)
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Print version: Golomski, Casey. Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, c2018
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 29, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change
Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV
Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead"
The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch
Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation
Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts
Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis
Conclusion. The afterlives of work.
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