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This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Pełny tytuł: Epitaph Culture in the West Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
• Autor: Karl S Guthke
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 430
• EAN: 9780773408470
• ISBN: 9780773408470
• ID: 07406245
• Wydawca: Em Texts
• Waga: 626 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 24 mm
• Data wydania: 01. January 2003

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