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Peter Metcalf

Author of Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual

9 Works 256 Members 1 Review

Works by Peter Metcalf

Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual (1979) 166 copies, 1 review

Anthropology: The Basics (2005) 51 copies

They Lie, We Lie: Getting on with Anthropology (2001) 16 copies

A Borneo Journey into Death: Berawan Eschatology from Its Rituals (Symbol and Culture) (1982) 12 copies

The Life of the Longhouse: An Archaeology of Ethnicity (2009) 5 copies

Where are you, spirits : style and theme in Berawan prayer (1989) 3 copies

The UK Scanning Directory (1996) 1 copy

Cultura e Sociedade: Colecao Homem, Cultura e Sociedade (2015) 1 copy

Stakeholding versus corporatism 1 copy

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anthropology (42) anthropology-sociology (2) archaeology (4) Borneo (5) burial rites (2) cultural history (2) cultural studies (2) death (22) death ritual (1) drugs (1) DS (2) ebook (2) funeral rites (3) history (4) mortuary (6) mortuary behavior (2) mortuary practices (4) most-interesting-theory (2) myth (2) non-fiction (12) PDF (1) philosophy (2) religion (7) ritual (5) rituals (4) sea (2) sociology (2) Southeast Asia (2) thanatology (3) to-read (10)

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Celebrazioni della morte: antropologia dei rituali funerari by Peter Metcalf

Acquis. Pisa 23.03.'16

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Members: 256
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Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 28
Languages: 3

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