Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom / Casey Golomski. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:- 9780253036469 (e-book)
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- GN486 .G656 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change -- Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV -- Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead" -- The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch -- Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation -- Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts -- Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis -- Conclusion. The afterlives of work.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.