Death, materiality and mediation : an ethnography of remembrance in Ireland /
Graham, Barbara, 1954-
Death, materiality and mediation : an ethnography of remembrance in Ireland / Barbara Graham. - New York : Berghahn Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xix, 154 pages) - Material mediations: people and things in a world of movement ; volume 7 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contextualizing death -- Field boundaries -- Talking about the dead -- Sensing memories and the dead -- Objects of the dead -- Collective remembrance -- Materiality in the graveyard.
Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
9781785332838
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ireland.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Northern Ireland.
Death--Social aspects--Ireland.
Death--Social aspects--Northern Ireland.
Memory--Social aspects--Ireland.
Memory--Social aspects--Northern Ireland.
Material culture--Ireland.
Material culture--Northern Ireland.
Electronic Books.
GT3247 / .D438 2017
Death, materiality and mediation : an ethnography of remembrance in Ireland / Barbara Graham. - New York : Berghahn Books, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xix, 154 pages) - Material mediations: people and things in a world of movement ; volume 7 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contextualizing death -- Field boundaries -- Talking about the dead -- Sensing memories and the dead -- Objects of the dead -- Collective remembrance -- Materiality in the graveyard.
Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
9781785332838
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ireland.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Northern Ireland.
Death--Social aspects--Ireland.
Death--Social aspects--Northern Ireland.
Memory--Social aspects--Ireland.
Memory--Social aspects--Northern Ireland.
Material culture--Ireland.
Material culture--Northern Ireland.
Electronic Books.
GT3247 / .D438 2017