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000471001 1001_ $$aErasmo, Mario.
000471001 24510 $$aDeath :$$bantiquity and its legacy /$$cMario Erasmo.
000471001 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2012.
000471001 300__ $$axii, 188 p. :$$bill. ;$$c22 cm.
000471001 4901_ $$aAncients and moderns
000471001 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-170) and index.
000471001 5050_ $$aFunerals -- Funeral paradigms -- Death on the periphery -- Staging the dead -- Viewing the dead -- Likening the dead -- Animating the dead -- Disposal -- Cremation -- Staging cremations -- Containing the dead -- Burials and secondary disposal -- Location and commemoration -- The dead on the periphery -- The ancient dead on the periphery -- Gates of the living and the dead -- Legacy of Roman tombs -- Neoclassicism -- Cult of the dead -- (Self-) identifying the dead -- Moving memorials -- Visiting the dead -- Drinking and eating with the dead -- Touring the dead.
000471001 520__ $$aPersonal and yet universal, inevitable and unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures since earliest times. Remarkably, across the span of several millennia and despite the myriad of cultural profusions since antiquity, we can recognize in the customs of ancient Greece and Rome ceremonies and rituals that have lasting resonance today in both the East and West. For example, preparing the corpse of the deceased, holding a memorial service, the practice of cremation and of burial in "resting places" are all processes that can trace their origin to ancient practices. Such rites, described by Cicero and Herodotus, among others have defined traditional modern funerals. Yet of late there has been a shift away from classical ritual and somber memorialization as the dead are transformed into spectacles. Impromptu roadside shrines, "virtual" memorials, the embalmment of the deceased in the attitude of daily activity, and even firework displays have come to the fore as new modes of marking, even celebrating, bereavement. What is causing this change, and how do urbanization, economic factors, and the rise of individualism play a part? In this book the author explicates and explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to death and interment. From theme funerals in St. Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a discussion of the end of life across the ages.
000471001 650_0 $$aFuneral rites and ceremonies$$zGreece$$xHistory.
000471001 650_0 $$aFuneral rites and ceremonies$$zItaly$$zRome$$xHistory.
000471001 651_0 $$aGreece$$xSocial life and customs.
000471001 651_0 $$aRome (Italy)$$xSocial life and customs.
000471001 830_0 $$aAncients and moderns series.
000471001 85200 $$bgen$$hGT3251.A2$$iE73$$i2012
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