A Cultural History of Death

Abstract

How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands? Edited by Prof Douglas J. Davies, this landmark six-volume work explores the way past societies thought, behaved, and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Classical Antiquity to the Modern Age.

Citation

Davies, D. J. (Ed.). (2024). A Cultural History of Death. Bloomsbury

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: Jan 25, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 8, 2025
• Series Title: The Cultural Histories Series
• ISBN: 9781472536266
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3935805
• Publisher URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-history-of-death-9781472536266/