Death and the regeneration of life
By: edited by Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry.
Contributors: Bloch, Maurice.; Parry, Jonathan P.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Death; Religion; Fertility cults
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry; title: The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi / Olivia Harris; title: Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic / Jonathan Parry; title: Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death / Andrew Strathern; title: Lugbara death / John Middleton; title: Of flesh and bones / James L. Watson; title: Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies / James Woodburn; title: Death, women, and power / Maurice Bloch.