Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom / Casey Golomski.
By: Golomski, Casey [author.].
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BookPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Description: 1 online resource (234 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253036469 (e-book).Subject(s): Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Swaziland | Social change -- Swaziland | HIV infections -- Social aspects -- Swaziland | AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Swaziland | Swaziland -- Social life and customs -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 393/.93096887 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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