Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem Interaction (Hardcover)

Estella Weiss-Krejci

ISBN 10: 3031039556 / ISBN 13: 9783031039553

Published by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, 2022

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Hardcover. In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally and historically specific in our ways of interacting with the remains of the dead, their objects, and monuments. Postmortem interaction encompasses not only funerary rituals and intergenerational engagement with forebears, but also concerns encounters with the dead who died centuries and millennia ago. Drawing from a variety of disciplines such as archaeology, bioarchaeology, literary studies, ancient Egyptian philology, and sociocultural anthropology, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of the ways in which the dead are able to transcend temporal distances and engender social relationships. Until quite recently, literary sciences and archaeology were generally regarded asincommensurable in their aims, methodologies, and source material. Although archaeologists and literary critics have been increasingly willing to borrow concepts and terminology from the other discipline, this book is one examples of a genuinely collaborative endeavor.This is an open access book. Drawing from a variety of disciplines such as archaeology, bioarchaeology, literary studies, ancient Egyptian philology, and sociocultural anthropology, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of the ways in which the dead are able to transcend temporal distances and engender social relationships. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783031039553

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Title: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Postmortem...

Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham

Publication Date: 2022

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new

Edition: 1st Edition