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Funerals in Africa

Explorations of a Social Phenomenon
1. Aufl.

von: Michael Jindra, Joël Noret
38,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.09.2011
ISBN/EAN:	9780857452061
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	244

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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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Autorenportrait

Joël Noret is Assistant Professor of anthropology at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He has been conducting fieldwork in southern Benin since the beginning of the 2000s. His publications include the co-edited special issue of Gradhiva, Mémoire de l'esclavage au Bénin (with Gaetano Ciarcia, 2008), his monograph, Deuil et funérailles dans le Bénin méridional. Enterrer à tout prix (Brussels, 2010), and Mort et dynamiques sociales au Katanga (with Pierre Petit, Tervuren-Paris, 2011).