Women, pain, and death : rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond / edited by Evy Johanne Håland.

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Håland, Evy Johanne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781443815178
1443815179
1282414291
9781282414297
9786612414299
6612414294

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women, pain, and death.DDC classification:

305.42 22

LOC classification:

HQ1587 .W6735 2008eb

NLM classification:

2009 H-222
HQ 1587

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Contents:

Death and the maiden : sex, death, and women's laments / Gail Holst-Warhaft -- Greek women and death, ancient and modern : a comparative analysis / Evy Johanne Håland -- "Let the earth be light upon you" : remembering the dead in a meadow Mari village / Helena Ruotsala -- Symbols of approaching death : the role of the woman / Tatiana Minniyakhmetova -- Symbolic and social roles of women in death ritual in traditional Irish society / Jenny Butler -- Women and death in old Norse societies : an archaeological perspective / Liv Helga Dommasnes -- Between reverence and fear : Jewish women and death in medieval and early modern Ashkenaz / Alexandra Cuffel -- Brittle images, lingering pasts : photographs, memories and bereavement / Nefissa Naguib -- Metaphors kill, don't they? Breast cancer and fear of death in Slovene medical metaphors / Mojca Ramšak -- The sisters Kali and Ganga : waters of life and death / Terje Oestigaard.

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Summary: ""Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday-Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond"" is a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collection of articles representing different perspectives and topics related to the general theme Women and Death from differ

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""Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday-Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond"" is a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collection of articles representing different perspectives and topics related to the general theme Women and Death from differ

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