Graham Death, Materiality and Mediation

An Ethnography of Remembrance in Ireland
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-283-8
Verlag: Berghahn
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 7, 174 Seiten, Mobipocket Unencrypted

Reihe: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement

In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Contextualizing Death

 

Chapter 1. Field Boundaries

Chapter 2. Talking About The Dead

Chapter 3. Sensing The Memories And The Dead

Chapter 4. Objects Of The Dead

Chapter 5. Collective Remembrance

Chapter 6. Materiality In The Graveyard

Conclusion

Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Graham, Barbara
Barbara Graham is an anthropologist with a special research interest in Ireland. She has extensive research experience in the field of material culture studies, death, emotions, aging and care.