Celebrations of death : the anthropology of mortuary ritual /

Huntington, Richard.

Celebrations of death : the anthropology of mortuary ritual / Richard Huntington and Peter Metcalf. - London, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, c1991 - xv, 225 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Universals and culture -- Part II. Death as transition -- Part III. The royal corpse and the body politic.

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HISTORY

GN 486 .H86 1991