The book’s key concept, “mortuary dialogue,” describes the different genres of talk and expressive culture through which people struggle to restore individual and collective order in the aftermath of death in the contemporary Pacific.
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Mortuary Dialogues: Death Ritual and the Reproduction of Moral Community in Pacific Modernities
“The book contributes to our understanding of what it is like to live in the contemporary Pacific. Doing this through the lens of mortuary rituals is both original and relevant.”
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| Weight | 1 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 16 × 2 cm |
| Book Author | David Lipset, Eric K. Silverman |
| Edition | 1st |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 9781785331718 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 262 |
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