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1) Easy death: talks and essays on the inherent and ultimate transcendence of death and everything else
Author
Publisher
Dawn Horse Press
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Publisher's description: A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of what exactly happens to us after we die. In a masterful exploration of how Western civilizations have defined the afterlife, Alan F. Segal weaves together biblical and literary scholarship, sociology, history, and philosophy. A renowned scholar, Segal examines the maps of the afterlife...
Author
Publisher
Waveland
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
This personal account by a biocultural anthropologist illuminates important, not-soon-forgotten messages involving the more sobering aspects of conducting fieldwork among malnourished children in West Africa. With nutritional anthropology at its core, Dancing Skeletons presents informal, engaging and oftentimes dramatic stories from the field that relate the author's experiences conducting research on infant feeding and health in Mali. Through fascinating...
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