دانلود کتاب On the Meaning of Death: Essays on Mortuary Rituals and Eschatological Beliefs

Articles chiefly in English; one article each in French and German. Foreword / Editors -- Introduction : Death and the concept of a person / Maurice Bloch -- Garo beliefs in the afterlife / Robbins Burling -- Pouring water and eating food : on the symbolism of death in a Sasak community on Lombok, Indonesia / Sven Cederroth -- The journey through the Bardo : notes on the symbolism of Tibetan mortuary rites and the Tibetan Book of the dead / Claes Corlin -- The politics of death : rituals of protest in a Chilean exile community / Marita Eastmond -- The colours of the soul and the origin of Karmic eschatology / Erik af Edhelm -- Death and the end of society : official ideology and ritual communication in the Somali funeral / Berhard Helander -- Death rituals as inversions of life structures : a comparison of Swedish and African funerals / Anita Jacobson-Widding -- The politics of chaos : on the meaning of human sacrifice among the Kuba of Zaire / Claes Josefssom -- The monopolization of