Death And Funeral Practices In Portugal

Author : Rafaela Ferraz Ferreira,Ana Júlia Almeida Miranda,Francisco Queiroz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000603507

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Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal by Rafaela Ferraz Ferreira,Ana Júlia Almeida Miranda,Francisco Queiroz Pdf

Academic studies on death and cemeteries are relatively recent in Portugal; those that do exist tend to adopt an essentially historical and artistic point of view. Studies on the practicalities of managing the dead and their spaces are even more recent, and they do not yet form a cohesive body of work. Combining both approaches, Death and Funeral Practices in Portugal is the first book to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Portuguese funerary practice. By exploring the country’s historical development, examining the contemporary legal framework, and systematizing the way Portugal manages its cemeteries, crematoria, and other death spaces, this book aims to provide an essential reference to researchers with an interest in Portuguese funeral practice. Among other themes, this book interprets the predominance of Catholic funerals, examines the relatively recent history of cremation, and contextualizes the practices of exhumation and grave re-use, which are integral to the normal functioning of a Portuguese cemetery. This is the first book on Portuguese death and dying written specifically for a non-Portuguese audience. It will be of interest to researchers and scholars but also accessible to students and non-specialist readers first coming into the subject.

Author : Anna E. Kubiak,Anna Długozima,Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003822851

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Death and Funeral Practices in Poland by Anna E. Kubiak,Anna Długozima,Agnieszka Wedeł-Domaradzka Pdf

This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on funerary practice in Poland. An overview of the important features of the Polish funeral law, funerals, cremations, cemeteries, and funeral industry, the book also covers the demographic characteristic of mortality in Poland. Drawing on original empirical research, the book is interdisciplinary, which facilitates further transnational comparative research on this important topic. It is the first book to offer a broad look at the evolution and current status of Polish funerary practices. It provides an essential summary to researchers with an interest in funeral practices in Poland. Some of the areas explored are the country’s historical development, the contemporary legal framework and how Poland manages its cemeteries, crematoria and other death spaces. Built on original ethnographic research conducted by the authors, this book interprets the predominance of Catholic funerals, examines the relatively recent history of cremation, and contextualizes the practices of commemoration and memoralisation. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to academics, policymakers and practitioners interested in the historic, geographic, demographic, (multi)cultural and political context in which the funerary practices in Poland have developed, as well as the technical and professional aspects of the industry.

Author : Hannah Gould,Aki Miyazawa,Shinya Yamada
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040119228

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Death and Funeral Practices in Japan by Hannah Gould,Aki Miyazawa,Shinya Yamada Pdf

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the past, present, and future direction of death rituals and deathcare systems within Japan. As Japan heads toward a precarious future shaped by its super-ageing society, secularisation, and economic stagnation, the socioreligious structures that once organised death and funeral practice are becoming increasingly unstable. In their place, new social structures, technologies, and rituals for the farewell of the dead, handling of cremains, and commemoration of the ancestors have begun to emerge. The work is informed by the authors’ extensive research within Japan’s funeral, cemetery, and memorialisation sectors and the latest Japanese data sources and academic publications, many of which are not currently available in English. Providing readily accessible and contextualising information, this book will be an essential reference for graduate students and academics, as well as international policymakers and deathcare practitioners.

Author : João José Reis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807862728

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Death Is a Festival by João José Reis Pdf

This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil's independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. The book opens with a lively account of the popular riot that ensued when, in 1836, the government condemned the traditional burial of bodies inside Catholic church buildings and granted a private company a monopoly over burials. This episode is used by Reis to examine the customs of death and burial in Bahian society, explore the economic and religious conflicts behind the move for funerary reforms and the maintenance of traditional rituals of dying, and understand how people dealt with new concerns sparked by modernization and science. Viewing culture within its social context, he illuminates the commonalities and differences that shaped death and its rituals for rich and poor, men and women, slaves and masters, adults and children, foreigners and Brazilians. This translation makes the book, originally published in Brazil in 1993, available in English for the first time.

Author : Philip J. Havik,José Mapril,Clara Saraiva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527510746

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Death on the Move by Philip J. Havik,José Mapril,Clara Saraiva Pdf

This volume explores the different aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern Europe, through deconstructing persistent idiosyncratic beliefs, myths, narratives, silences, and constraints. It focuses on migrants from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds in Portugal, Spain and Italy. It also includes reflections on Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, East-Timor and Cuba. The thirteen chapters provide insights into epistemological issues, the trans-national circulation of bodies, spirits and rituals, migration, the placing of the dead and diverse funerary practices and perspectives. Privileging a multi-sited approach to death and migrations, this book draws on oral, archival and published sources to give visibility to populations that often live in liminal structural positions and transient worlds. By exploring the multifaceted dimensions of death and suffering among immigrant populations, it refocuses the debate on migration in Europe and beyond by highlighting under-researched issues such as end-of-life care, mental health, death, burial, cremation, funerary ceremonies and symbols, repatriation and martyrdom.

Author : João José Reis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 080785445X

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Death is a Festival by João José Reis Pdf

This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil's independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. The book opens with a lively account of the popu

Author : Colin Renfrew,Michael J. Boyd,Iain Morley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107082731

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Death Rituals and Social Order in the Ancient World by Colin Renfrew,Michael J. Boyd,Iain Morley Pdf

This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise death.

Author : Richard Robert Madden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN : UCR:31210010150603

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The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World by Richard Robert Madden Pdf

Author : International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986-11-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0422811009

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Bibliographie Internationale D'anthropologie Sociale Et Culturelle by International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation Pdf

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Sergei Mokhov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000527070

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Death and Funeral Practices in Russia by Sergei Mokhov Pdf

Built on original ethnographic research conducted by the author, this book offers a highly detailed and comprehensive account of funerary history and practices in Russia. Death and Funeral Practices in Russia provides rich data on mortality statistics, trends in the funeral market in contemporary Russia, the legal framework of funerary practices, as well as regional and demographic disparities. The first part of the book presents an in-depth account of the historical development of funerary practice in Russia, charting the emergence and evolution of funeral traditions and customs in the country from the Russian Empire to the collapse of the USSR. Having explored the wider historical context surrounding funerary culture in Russia, the second part of the book explores the key features of the funeral industry in post-Soviet times, highlighting critical changes and areas of continuity. Topics explored include the death care industry in Russia, the key features of the typical funeral in the country, cemetery and crematorium provision, the technicalities and legalities of burial and cremation, and the illegal practices within the funeral market. A truly unique offering, the book is essential reading for academics, policy makers and practitioners interested in the history and legal, technical and professional aspects of the funerary industry in Russia.

Author : Luiz Felipe de Alencastro
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438469294

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The Trade in the Living by Luiz Felipe de Alencastro Pdf

Macro-level study of the South Atlantic throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries demonstrating how Brazil’s emergence was built on the longest and most intense slave trade of the modern era. The seventeenth-century missionary and diplomat Father Antônio Vieira once observed that Brazil was nourished, animated, sustained, served, and conserved by the “sad blood” of the “black and unfortunate souls” imported from Angola. In The Trade in the Living, Luiz Felipe de Alencastro demonstrates how the African slave trade was an essential element in the South Atlantic and in the ongoing cohesion of Portuguese America, while at the same time the concrete interests of Brazilian colonists, dependent on Angolan slaves, were often violently asserted in Africa, to ensure men and commodities continued to move back and forth across the Atlantic. In exposing this intricate and complementary relationship between two non-European continents, de Alencastro has fashioned a new and challenging examination of colonial Brazil, one that moves beyond its relationship with Portugal to discover a darker, hidden history.

Author : Paul Fieldhouse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610694124

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Food, Feasts, and Faith [2 volumes] by Paul Fieldhouse Pdf

An indispensable resource for exploring food and faith, this two-volume set offers information on food-related religious beliefs, customs, and practices from around the world. Why do Catholics eat fish on Fridays? Why are there retirement homes for aged cows in India? What culture holds ceremonies to welcome the first salmon? More than five billion people worldwide claim a religious identity that shapes the way they think about themselves, how they act, and what they eat. Food, Feasts, and Faith: An Encyclopedia of Food Culture in World Religions explores how the food we eat every day often serves purposes other than to keep us healthy and stay alive: we eat to express our faith and to adhere to ethnic or cultural traditions that are part of who we are. This book provides readers with an understanding of the rich world of food and faith. It contains more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries that describe the beliefs and customs of well-established major world religions and sects as well as those of smaller faith communities and new religious movements. The entries cover topics such as religious food rules, religious festivals and symbolic foods, and vegetarianism and veganism, as well as general themes such as rites of passage, social justice, hospitality, and compassion. Each entry on religion explains what the religious dietary laws and guidelines are and how these were interpreted and put into practice historically and in modern settings. The coverage also includes important festivals and feast days as well as significant religious figures and organizations. Additionally, some 160 sidebars provide examples and more detailed information as well as fun facts.

Author : Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1107027195

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The Cambridge Guide to Homer by Corinne Ondine Pache Pdf

From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.

Author : Lydia Gimenez-Llort,Marie-José H. E. Gijsberts,Efosa Kenneth Oghagbon,Heloisa Viscaino Fernandes Souza Pereira,Sara Invitto,Virginia Torres-Lista
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889760992

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Death and Mourning Processes in the Times of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) by Lydia Gimenez-Llort,Marie-José H. E. Gijsberts,Efosa Kenneth Oghagbon,Heloisa Viscaino Fernandes Souza Pereira,Sara Invitto,Virginia Torres-Lista Pdf

Author : Helaine Selin,Robert M. Rakoff
Publisher : Springer
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030188269

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Death Across Cultures by Helaine Selin,Robert M. Rakoff Pdf

Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures, explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on countries in Africa, Asia, South America, as well as indigenous people in Australia and North America. These chapters address changes in death rituals and beliefs, medicalization and the industry of death, and the different ways cultures mediate the impacts of modernity. Comparative studies with the west and among countries are included. This book brings together global research conducted by anthropologists, social scientists and scholars who work closely with individuals from the cultures they are writing about.