The meaning of our concern for mortal remains--from antiquity through the twentieth century
The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters--for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
The book draws on a vast range of sources--from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed--and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture.
A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.
Описание: Named after Maximilian I`s literary alter ego, Freydal is the largest extant tournament book of the Late Middle Ages, inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World program. This publication from Vienna`s Kunsthistorisches Museum commemorates the 500th anniversary of Maximilian`s death, combining for the first time all 255 gold- and silver-...
Автор: Yuniya Kawamura Название: Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods ISBN: 1350089761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350089761 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 10118.00 р. 14454.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Whether you’re investigating fashion as a material object, an abstract idea, a social phenomenon, or a commercial system, qualitative techniques can further your understanding of almost any research topic. Doing Research in Fashion and Dress begins by guiding you through a brief history of fashion studies, and the debates surrounding it, before introducing key qualitative methodological approaches, including ethnography, semiology, and object-based research. Detailed case studies demonstrate how each methodology is used in practice. These case studies include Japanese subcultures, fashion photography blogs and semiotic studies of fashion magazine shoots and advertisements. This second edition also features a new chapter on internet sources and online ethnography, reflecting the adoption of social media tools not only by industry practitioners but also by academics.By contextualizing history, theory and practice Doing Research in Fashion and Dress offers:-A systematic examination of qualitative research methods in fashion studies in social sciences. -A practical guide for anyone wishing to conduct fashion research in academia or in the business world.-An accessible grounding in contemporary fashion studies literature.
Автор: Yuval Noah Harari Название: Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550 ISBN: 1843834529 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843834526 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 3958.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era.
Автор: Stevenson, Katie Gribling, Barbara Matikkala, Antti Allan, David W. Pickering, Paul Название: Chivalry and the medieval past ISBN: 1783276428 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783276424 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry" has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages.
Описание: With over 40,000 copies sold, Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice has been the indispensable guide to studying culture for generations of students, pulling key concepts, theories and thinkers in one comprehensive, authoritative yet accessible resource.
Автор: Southall, Brian Название: The beatles in 100 objects ISBN: 1787390969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787390966 Издательство: Carlton Books Рейтинг: Цена: 4131.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This unique book focuses on the 100 most important objects in the Beatles` unparalleled career. From the time they were formed with their familiar line-up of John, Paul, George & Ringo in 1962, through to their break-up eight years later, the Beatles were associated with a multitude of items, places and people.
Описание: An authoritative history of Russia from early Rus` to the beginning of the reign of Peter the Great. Leading historians offer a comprehensive account of the formative `pre-Petrine` period of Russian history, before the process of Europeanisation had made a significant impact on society and culture.
Автор: Miri Rubin Название: Cities of Strangers: Making Lives in Medieval Europe ISBN: 110848123X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108481236 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examining how `strangers` - settling newcomers as well as settled ethnic and religious minorities - were treated in urban communities between 1000 and 1500, Cities of Strangers explores pathways to citizenship and arrangements for those unlikely to become citizens during a period of formative urban growth and its aftermath in medieval Europe.
Автор: Larrington Carolyne Название: All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones ISBN: 1784539325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784539320 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3082.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `All men must die`: or `Valar Morghulis`, as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO`s sensational evocation of Game of Thrones.
Описание: A survey of the motif of the revenant, showing how medieval themes and motifs persist today.
Автор: Larrington Carolyne Название: Winter is Coming ISBN: 1784532568 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784532567 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 2696.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by PhD students asking why Westeros has yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether astronomy explains the continent's climatic problems and unpredictable solstices ('winter is coming'); and by bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the series' startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet no book has divulged how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington explores among other topics: sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the twenty-first century's most important fantasy creation.
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