Author by: Beth A. Conklin Language: en Publisher by: University of Texas Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 51 Total Download: 881 File Size: 50,7 Mb Description: Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals.

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As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian rainforest ate the roasted flesh of their dead as an expression of compassion for the deceased and for his or her close relatives. By removing and transforming the corpse, which embodied ties between the living and the dead and was a focus of grief for the family of the deceased, Wari' death rites helped the bereaved kin accept their loss and go on with their lives. Drawing on the recollections of Wari' elders who participated in consuming the dead, this book presents one of the richest, most authoritative ethnographic accounts of funerary cannibalism ever recorded. Beth Conklin explores Wari' conceptions of person, body, and spirit, as well as indigenous understandings of memory and emotion, to explain why the Wari' felt that corpses must be destroyed and why they preferred cannibalism over cremation.

Her findings challenge many commonly held beliefs about cannibalism and show why, in Wari' terms, it was considered the most honorable and compassionate way of treating the dead. Author by: James Quandt Language: en Publisher by: Indiana University Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 40 Total Download: 899 File Size: 49,9 Mb Description: Shohei Imamura is among the most important artists of postwar Japanese cinema. Best known in the west for his award-winning The Ballad of Narayama, Imamura has produced a body of work that is unequalled for its tumultuous energy and formal daring. A dozen essays by such eminent authorities of Japanese cinema as Donald Richie, Max Tessier and Audie Bock are supplemented by interviews with and articles by Imamura, which explore his influences, themes and working methods.

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Consuming Grief. Beth Conklin explores Wari’ conceptions of person, body, and spirit. Chapter Eleven: Transforming Grief. Download PDF.

Distributed outside Canada by Indiana University Press. Author by: John L. Titus Language: en Publisher by: FriesenPress Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 11 Total Download: 835 File Size: 41,9 Mb Description: In Losing Alicia, readers not only witness a father's struggle over the murder of his young, vibrant and beautiful daughter, but they walk with him through his agonizing grief after one of the most horrific tragedies in history, September 11, 2001. Olga Bonfiglio is a freelance writer and author of Heroes of a Different Stripe Unflinchingly honest, John Titus takes us on a journey from an unimaginable night of the soul to the realization that as long as we have faith and love, we are never alone.

David Potorti, Cofounder, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows This book isn't the government or the media's take on 9/11, it's a father talking.with all the pain, eloquence and wisdom of a broken heart. For the real story of 9/11 - the human story - delve into Losing Alicia. If you read one book about 9/11, make it this one. Marianne Williamson, New York Times best-selling author, international speaker.

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