Trauer und Identität [German]

by Elke Koch

The study provides a foundation for cultural anthropologists researching the representation of grief in German medieval literature. It examines how the phenomenon of grief in fictional texts can be defined in terms of the theory of emotions and then operationalised; it combines the theory of emotions with performative categories, i.e., with our modern knowledge of ritual and public life in the Middle Ages. The setting and function of grief are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3110185709
• ISBN13: 9783110185706
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary