Passages and afterworlds: anthropological perspectives on death in the Caribbean
The contributors to Passages and Afterworlds explore death and its rituals across the Caribbean, drawing on ethnographic theories shaped by a deep understanding of the region's long history of violent encounters, exploitation, and cultural diversity. Examining the relationship between living bo...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Durham
Duke University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Karibik
/ Death
/ Mourning rites
/ Religion
/ Custom
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| Further subjects: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Collection of essays B Funeral rites and ceremonies (Caribbean Area) History B Death ; Social aspects ; Caribbean Area B Caribbean Area ; Religious life and customs B Death Social aspects (Caribbean Area) B Death ; Political aspects ; Caribbean Area B Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Caribbean Area ; History B Caribbean Area Religious life and customs B Death Political aspects (Caribbean Area) B Electronic books B Death ; Religious aspects |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The contributors to Passages and Afterworlds explore death and its rituals across the Caribbean, drawing on ethnographic theories shaped by a deep understanding of the region's long history of violent encounters, exploitation, and cultural diversity. Examining the relationship between living bodies and the spirits of the dead, the contributors investigate the changes in cosmologies and rituals in the cultural sphere of death in relation to political developments, state violence, legislation, policing, and identity politics. Contributors address topics that range from the ever-evolving role of divinized spirits in Haiti and the contemporary mortuary practice of Indo-Trinidadians to funerary ceremonies in rural Jamaica and ancestor cults in Maroon culture in Suriname. Questions of alterity, difference, and hierarchy underlie these discussions of how racial, cultural, and class differences have been deployed in ritual practice and how such rituals have been governed in the colonial and postcolonial Caribbean. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1478002131 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1215/9781478002130 |