Women, pain, and death : rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond /: rituals and everyday life on the margins of Europe and beyond. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Evy Johanne Håland.
• Other Names: Håland, Evy Johanne
• Contents: Death and the maiden : sex, death, and women's laments / Gail Holst-Warhaft -- Greek women and death, ancient and modern : a comparative analysis / Evy Johanne Håland -- "Let the earth be light upon you" : remembering the dead in a meadow Mari village / Helena Ruotsala -- Symbols of approaching death : the role of the woman / Tatiana Minniyakhmetova -- Symbolic and social roles of women in death ritual in traditional Irish society / Jenny Butler -- Women and death in old Norse societies : an archaeological perspective / Liv Helga Dommasnes -- Between reverence and fear : Jewish women and death in medieval and early modern Ashkenaz / Alexandra Cuffel -- Brittle images, lingering pasts : photographs, memories and bereavement / Nefissa Naguib -- Metaphors kill, don't they? Breast cancer and fear of death in Slovene medical metaphors / Mojca Ramšak -- The sisters Kali and Ganga : waters of life and death / Terje Oestigaard.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 305.42; History; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women and death; Women -- Social conditions; Gender studies: women; Cultural studies; Women -- Europe -- Social conditions; Women -- Asia -- Social conditions; Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions; Women and death; Women -- history; Burial; Ceremonial Behavior; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Death; Pain; Death -- Europe; Pain -- Europe; Women -- Asia -- Social conditions; Women -- Europe -- Social conditions; Women -- Middle East -- Social conditions; Women and death; Europe; Asia; Europe; Middle East; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443815178; 1443815179
• Related ISBNs: 9781847188700; 1847188702
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.