TY - BOOK ID - 30119715 TI - Funerals in Africa AU - Droz, Yvan AU - Jindra, Michael AU - Lamont, Mark AU - Langewiesche, Katrin AU - Noret, Joël AU - Ranger, Terence AU - Roberts, Jonathan AU - Vansina, Jan AU - Witte, Marleen de PY - 2011 SN - 1782381287 9781782381280 9780857452054 9780857452061 0857452061 0857452053 1782381295 9781782381297 1283326507 9781283326506 9786613326508 661332650X PB - New York Oxford DB - UniCat KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Death KW - #SBIB:39A10 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - Eschatology KW - Intermediate state KW - Funerals KW - Mortuary ceremonies KW - Obsequies KW - Manners and customs KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Burial KW - Cremation KW - Dead KW - Mourning customs KW - Religious aspects. KW - Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Africa KW - Social life and customs. KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Funérailles KW - Mort KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Aspect religieux KW - Afrique KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Vie religieuse KW - Religious aspects KW - Cryomation KW - Rites et cérémonies funéraires UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30119715 AB - Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. ER -