This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion.
They compare the great tombs of the Berawan of Borneo and the pyramids of Egypt, or the dramas o.
Peter Metcalf and Richard Huntington refer to a wide variety of examples from different continents and epochs.
Part of its fascination and success is that in understanding other people\'s death rituals we are able to gain a better understanding of our own.
This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion