Symbolic Loss: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End

Book Overview

Historically, many world cultures have linked three disparate phenomena: collective loss; mourning; and the construction of monuments and cultural symbols to represent the loss over time and render it memorable, meaningful, and thereby bearable. In a century of great loss, observers of western culture have commented on the decline of mourning practices and the absence of their associated rituals. The ten essays assembled here by Peter Homans represent,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081391986X
• ISBN13: 9780813919867
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher