TY - BOOK ID - 78074424 TI - Rituals of death and dying in modern and ancient greece : writing history from a female perspective PY - 2014 SN - 1443868590 9781443868594 1322180652 9781322180656 1443861278 9781443861274 9781443868594 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Women and death KW - Death KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient KW - Greeks KW - Ethnology KW - Mediterranean race KW - Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Funerals KW - Mortuary ceremonies KW - Obsequies KW - Manners and customs KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Burial KW - Cremation KW - Cryomation KW - Dead KW - Mourning customs KW - Dying KW - End of life KW - Life KW - Terminal care KW - Terminally ill KW - Thanatology KW - Death and women KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Funeral customs and rites. KW - Philosophy KW - Femmes et mort KW - Mort KW - Funérailles KW - Grecs KW - History KW - Funeral customs and rites KW - Histoire KW - Aspect social KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Rites et cérémonies funéraires UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78074424 AB - Multidisciplinary or post-disciplinary research is what is needed when dealing with such complex subjects as ritual behaviour. This research, therefore, combines ethnography with historical sources to examine the relationship between modern Greek death rituals and ancient written and visual sources on the subject of death and gender. The central theme of this work is women's role in connection with the cult of the dead in ancient and modern Greece. The research is based on studies in ancient... ER -