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Our grateful dead : stories of those left behind / Vinciane Despret ; translated by Stephen Muecke.

Author/creator Despret, Vinciane author.
Other author/creatorMuecke, Stephen, 1951- translator.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
Descriptionxii, 156 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleAu bonheur des morts. English
Series Posthumanities ; 65
Posthumanities ; 65. ^A759478
Contents Taking care of the dead -- Allowing yourself to be instructed -- The ties that keep the living and the dead together -- Watching over the things that matter -- Extending the work : the generosity of the dead -- Uncertain thoughts -- Putting our trust in spirits : how to call on them -- Protecting voices.
Abstract "Vinciane Despret's unique storytelling, woven with ethnography and family history, assembles accounts of those living their daily lives with their dead"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"Originally published in French as Au bonheur des morts, Récits de ceux qui restent. Copyright Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2015, 2017."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Despret, Vinciane. Au bonheur des morts. English Our grateful dead Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021] 9781452965932
LCCN 2021022895
ISBN9781517911409 library binding
ISBN1517911400 library binding
ISBN9781517911416 paperback
ISBN1517911419 paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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