Symbolic Loss

The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End

Peter Homans (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2000
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-1985-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The ten essays assembled in this volume represent, in an interdisciplinary way, the work of scholars attempting to understand the decline of mourning practices and their associated rituals. The text is arranged in sections on cultural studies, architecture, history and psychology.

Autor

Peter Homans is Professor of Psychology and Religious Studies at the University of Chicago. His books include The Ability to Mourn: Disillusionment and the Social Origins of Psychoanalysis.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2000
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Religion & Culture
• Verlagsort: Charlottesville
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8139-1985-1 / 0813919851
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-1985-0 / 9780813919850
• Zustand: Neuware