Grave Matters: A Lively History of Death Around the World

Nigel Barley

An intriguing investigation into cultural differences illustrates human inventiveness in terms of the way people react to death, from Madagascar, where the bereaved sometimes engage in drunken incest; to America, where we watch postmortem videos; to Africa, where many laugh and dance.

status	Copy #1 (5844): in
genre	Health » Death and Grief
publisher	Henry Holt & Co
publish date	1997
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