Death : antiquity and its legacy / Mario Erasmo.

Author/creator Erasmo, Mario
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Greece. --History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy. --Rome. --History.
Greece--Social life and customs.
Rome (Italy)--Social life and customs.

SeriesAncients and moderns
Ancients and moderns series. ^A1041207
Contents Funerals -- Funeral paradigms -- Death on the periphery -- Staging the dead -- Viewing the dead -- Likening the dead -- Animating the dead -- Disposal -- Cremation -- Staging cremations -- Containing the dead -- Burials and secondary disposal -- Location and commemoration -- The dead on the periphery -- The ancient dead on the periphery -- Gates of the living and the dead -- Legacy of Roman tombs -- Neoclassicism -- Cult of the dead -- (Self-) identifying the dead -- Moving memorials -- Visiting the dead -- Drinking and eating with the dead -- Touring the dead.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 143-170) and index.
LCCN 2011031147
ISBN9780195380972 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0195380975 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780195380989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0195380983 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GT3251 .A2 E73 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold