Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notes on contributors
- 1 Introduction: death and the regeneration of life
- 2 The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi
- 3 Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic
- 4 Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death: some related themes from the New Guinea Highlands
- 5 Lugbara death
- 6 Of flesh and bones: the management of death pollution in Cantonese society
- 7 Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies
- 8 Death, women and power
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Notes on contributors
- 1 Introduction: death and the regeneration of life
- 2 The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi
- 3 Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic
- 4 Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death: some related themes from the New Guinea Highlands
- 5 Lugbara death
- 6 Of flesh and bones: the management of death pollution in Cantonese society
- 7 Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies
- 8 Death, women and power
- Index
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- Death and the Regeneration of Life , pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1982