Women, Pain and Death

Rituals and Everyday Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84718-870-0
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten

“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 different periods and parts of Europe, as well as the Middle East and Asia, i.e. areas where, through the ages, there have been a constant interaction and discourse between a variety of people, often with different ethnic backgrounds. The studies illustrate many parallels between the various societies and religious groupings, despite of many differences, both in time and space.

The theme, death, is mostly seen from what have been regarded as the geographical margins of society as well as concerning the people involved: women. Thus, the articles, most of them presenting original material from areas which are not very known for English readers, offer new perspectives on the processes of cultural changes.

The collection has important ramification for current research surrounding the shaping of a “European identity”, the marketing of regional and national heritages. In connection with the present-day aim of connecting the various European heritages, and developing a vision of Europe and its constituent elements that is both global and rooted, the work has great relevance. One may also mention the new international initiative on intangible heritage, spearheaded by UNESCO.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Håland, Evy Johanne

Über Autor(innen)

Håland, Evy Johanne
Evy Johanne Håland, PhD. Historian, Researcher, Bergen, Norway, [e-mail] Her most important publications include, Greske fester, Moderne og Antikke: En sammenlignende undersøkelse av kvinnelige og mannlige verdier (Greek Festivals, Modern and Ancient: A Comparison of Female and Male Values, Kristiansand: Norwegian Academic Press) from 2007 and her forthcoming book, Konkurrerende ideologier i gresk religion før og nå (Competing Ideologies in Greek Religion, Ancient and Modern), which is expected in 2009.

Evy Johanne Håland, PhD. Historian, Researcher, Bergen, Norway, [e-mail] Her most important publications include, Greske fester, Moderne og Antikke: En sammenlignende undersøkelse av kvinnelige og mannlige verdier (Greek Festivals, Modern and Ancient: A Comparison of Female and Male Values, Kristiansand: Norwegian Academic Press) from 2007 and her forthcoming book, Konkurrerende ideologier i gresk religion før og nå (Competing Ideologies in Greek Religion, Ancient and Modern), which is expected in 2009.