How did past communities and individuals remember through social and ritual practices? This book shows how in the past, as today, shared memories are important and defining aspects of social and ritual traditions, and the practical actions of dealing with and disposing of the dead can form a central focus for the definition of social memory.

324 pages, biography

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	January 31, 2003
ISBN13	9780306474514
Publishers	Springer Science+Business Media
Genre	Topical > Death / Dying
Pages	310
Dimensions	165 × 240 × 24 mm · 640 g
Language	English
Editor	Williams, Howard

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