ISBN:
9781009288583
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 235 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
LSE international studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Balkan, Osman Dying abroad
DDC:
393.088/2970943
Keywords:
Turks Funeral customs and rites
;
Turks Social conditions
;
Muslims Social conditions
;
Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Islamic cemeteries Social aspects
;
Deutschland
;
Türkischer Einwanderer
;
Muslim
;
Bestattung
Abstract:
"Dying Abroad offers a sophisticated ethnographic account of how immigrant and minoritized communities navigate end-of-life decisions in countries where they face barriers to political inclusion and equal social standing"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : death out of place -- Islamic funeral funds and the moral economy of repatriation -- Muslim undertakers and the bureaucracy of death -- Memory and identity in minority cemeteries -- Burial and belonging -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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