In touch with the deceased: animate objects and human ashes
Despite increasing secularization in the Netherlands, beliefs in an afterlife have not disappeared. Instead, new death rituals have emerged, among which is the practice of enclosing human ashes in objects such as paintings, candleholders, jewelry, and tattoos. Because human matter can now be incorpo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2012]
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Material religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 466-488 |
Further subjects: | B
Material Culture
B Secularization B tattoos B Religion B Cremation B Relics |
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