Research Catalog

Title

Funerals in Africa : explorations of a social phenomenon / edited by Michael Jindra and Joël Noret.

Publication

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jindra, Michael
• Noret, Joël.

Subject

• Funeral rites and ceremonies > Africa
• Death > Religious aspects
• Africa > Social life and customs
• Africa > Religious life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local note

• ED: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. NEW COLLECTION.

Contents

Foreword / Jan Vansina -- Funerals in Africa : An Introduction / Michael Jindra and Joël Noret -- ch. 1. African Funerals and Sociocultural Change : A Review of Momentous Transformations across a Continent Michael Jindra and Joël Noret -- ch. 2. A Decent Death : Changes in Burial in Bulawayo / Terence Ranger -- ch. 3. Kikuyu Transformation of Death in Kenya : From Hyenas to Tombs / Yvan Droz -- ch. 4. Decomposing Pollution? Corpses, Burials, and Affliction among the Meru of Central Kenya / Mark Lamont -- ch. 5. The Rise of Death Celebrations in the Cameroon Grassfields / Michael Jindra -- ch. 6. Funerals and Religious Pluralism in Burkina Faso / Katrin Langewiesche -- ch. 7. Funerals and the Religious Imagination : Burying and Honoring the Dead in the Celestial Church of Christ (Southern Benin) Joël Noret -- ch. 8. Of Corpses, Clay, and Photographs : Body Imagery and Changing Technologies of Remembrance in Asante Funeral Culture / Marleen de Witte -- ch. 9. Funerals and Fetish Interment in Accra, Ghana / Jonathan Roberts.

Call Number

Sc E 20-248

ISBN

• 9780857452054
• 0857452053
• 9780857452061 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2011003895

OCLC

701242381

Title

Funerals in Africa : explorations of a social phenomenon / edited by Michael Jindra and Joël Noret.

Imprint

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Description

xii, 232 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary

"Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health"--Back cover.

Local Note

ED: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. NEW COLLECTION.

Added Author

Jindra, Michael.

Noret, Joël.

Research Call Number

Sc E 20-248