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1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Death and the maiden : sex, death, and women's laments / Gail Holst-Warhaft -- Greek women and death, ancient and modern : a comparative analysis / Evy Johanne Håland -- "Let the earth be light upon you" : remembering the dead in a meadow Mari village / Helena Ruotsala -- Symbols of approaching death : the role of the woman / Tatiana Minniyakhmetova -- Symbolic and social roles of women in death ritual in traditional Irish society / Jenny Butler -- Women and death in old Norse societies : an archaeological perspective / Liv Helga Dommasnes -- Between reverence and fear : Jewish women and death in medieval and early modern Ashkenaz / Alexandra Cuffel -- Brittle images, lingering pasts : photographs, memories and bereavement / Nefissa Naguib -- Metaphors kill, don't they? Breast cancer and fear of death in Slovene medical metaphors / Mojca Ramšak -- The sisters Kali and Ganga : waters of life and death / Terje Oestigaard. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
""Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday-Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond"" is a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collection of articles representing different perspectives and topics related to the general theme Women and Death from differ. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Europe -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Europe. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Asia -- Social conditions.
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Asia. |
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Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions.
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Middle East. |
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Women and death.
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Women and death. |
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Women -- history. |
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Burial. |
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Ceremonial Behavior. |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison. |
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Death. |
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Pain. |
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Europe. |
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Håland, Evy Johanne.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women, pain, and death. Newcastle upon tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 9781847188700 (DLC) 2009286321 (OCoLC)239844600 |
| ISBN |
9781443815178 (electronic book) |
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1443815179 (electronic book) |
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9781847188700 |
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1847188702 |
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