ISBN:
9781517911409
,
9781517911416
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 156 Seiten
Series Statement:
Posthumanities 65
Series Statement:
Posthumanities
Uniform Title:
Au bonheur des morts
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Despret, Vinciane Our grateful dead
DDC:
393
Keywords:
Dead
;
Mourning customs
;
Grief
;
Death Social aspects
;
Death Psychological aspects
Abstract:
Taking care of the dead -- Allowing yourself to be instructed -- The ties that keep the living and the dead together -- Watching over the things that matter -- Extending the work : the generosity of the dead -- Uncertain thoughts -- Putting our trust in spirits : how to call on them -- Protecting voices.
Abstract:
"Vinciane Despret's unique storytelling, woven with ethnography and family history, assembles accounts of those living their daily lives with their dead"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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