Dying to Eat: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife

by Joshua Graham

Book Overview

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race. In the ancient Roman world, for example, it was common practice to build channels from the tops of graves into the crypts themselves, and mourners would regularly pour offerings of food and drink into these conduits to nourish the dead while they waited for the afterlife. Funeral cookies wrapped with printed prayers and poems meant to comfort mourners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813178517
• ISBN13: 9780813178516
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary