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Etnografías de la muerte y las culturas en América Latina
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Juan Antonio Flores Martos |
La muerte ha sido convencionalmente pensada como una realidad única, como quizás uno de los pocos universales que afecta y homogeneiza por igual a los sujetos de diferentes tradiciones y orígenes. Es… |
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To serve the living
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Suzanne E. Smith |
"From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or "home-going" ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. As entrepreneurs in a largel… |
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That the people might live
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Arnold Krupat |
"Surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries. Krupat covers a variety of oral performances of loss and renewal, including the Condolence Rites of the Iroquois … |
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Cultura Sicán
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Izumi Shimada |
"Popular account of investigations focuses on metalworking, distribution of marked adobes, tombs and offerings in situ, and gold ornaments. Well illustrated"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 5… |
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An Egyptian Pyramid
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David Salariya,Jacqueline Morley |
Text and illustrations depict the construction and uses of the pyramids in ancient Egypt and explore how people lived and worked in that time. |
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Passed on: African American Mourning Stories
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Karla FC Holloway |
"Passed On is a portrait of death and dying in twentieth-century African America. Through poignant reflection and thorough investigation of the myths, rituals, economics, and politics of African Amer… |
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