Funeral culture : AIDS, work, and cultural change in an African kingdom /
Casey Golomski.
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change -- Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV -- Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead" -- The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch -- Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation -- Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts -- Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis -- Conclusion: the afterlives of work.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies--Eswatini. Social change--Eswatini. HIV infections--Social aspects--Eswatini. AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--Eswatini.