Death, Memory and Material Culture (Materializing Culture) by Hallam, Elizabeth; Hockey, Jenny - 2001

Paperback / softback. New. This text examines the meaning of material culture in relation to memory and death, from personal mementos through to public memorials. It asks why material objects commemorating the dead, in conjunction with their embedded social practices, have rarely been subjected to sustained analysis.

Berg Pub Ltd, 2001. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

Routledge, 2001-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2001. 1st edition. Softcover. Provenance: Bookplate of John F. Ashby. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 249 pp. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pp. 217-228) and index. Contents; Figuring memory: metaphors, bodies and material objects -- Time, death and memory -- Spaces of death and memory -- Memories materializing: restless deaths -- Visualizing death: making memories from body to image -- Death writing: material inscription and memories -- Ritualizing death: embodies memories -- Memories and endings. Subjects; Death. Memory. Memorials. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Mourning customs. Bereavement. Group identity.