Beyond the Veil: Reflexive Studies of Death and Dying

Published by Berghahn Books 2021

Beyond the Veil

Reflexive Studies of Death and Dying

Edited by: Aubrey Thamann and Kalliopi M Christodoulaki

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800730656

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About this book

Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes in humans, whether it is disgust, fear, awe, sadness, anger, or even joy. Whereas most studies of death and dying treat the subject from an objective viewpoint, the scholars in this collection recognize their inherent connection with death which allows for a new and more personal form of study. More broadly, this collection suggests a new paradigm in the study of death and dying.

Author / Editor information

Aubrey Thamann is an American Studies scholar and anthropologist. Thamann has begun research into the fields of fat studies and food studies, specifically exploring where these fields intersect.

Kalliopi M Christodoulaki is a cultural anthropologist and independent researcher currently working as a Limited Term Lecturer at Purdue University. Her research interests include religious practices, social identity, and cultural change.

Aubrey Thamann is an American Studies scholar and anthropologist. Thamann has begun research into the fields of fat studies and food studies, specifically exploring where these fields intersect.

Reviews

“…a wonderful edited collection I encourage any death scholar to read…I personally hope more volumes like this will emerge and that death scholars will continue to reflect about their subjective involvement in researching death as this makes for a richer field of study.” • Dead Good Reading

“The book takes a reflexive approach so that the authors contribute both scholarship and personal reflections… it works very well.” • Simon Shimshon Rubin, University of Haifa

“It’s good and interesting, with chapters that all have interesting things to say about matters of death and dying.” • Paul C. Rosenblatt, University of Minnesota

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Aubrey Thamann and Kalliopi M. Christodoulaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Delaying Death
1. An Absent Presence The Co-constitution of Loss Alison Witchard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Immortality and Existential Terror Learning the Language of Living Forever Jeremy Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
PART II. Caregiving
3. Living, Caring, and Dying Music and the House of Endless Losses Carina Nandlal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Death and Fulfillment Mortuary Performance and the Impact on Self Kalliopi M. Christodoulaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
PART III. Confronting Death
5. Crossroads Life and Death in Indiana Aubrey Thamann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. “What Has the Field Done to You?” Researching Death, Dying, and Bereavement between Closeness and Distance Ekkehard Coenen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. The Historical Study of Death and Dying The Intersection of Familial Stories and Catholic Rituals Sarah Nytroe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
PART IV. Memorialization
8. Touch ’Em All Memorializing Harmon Killebrew Debbie A. Hanson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
9. After Life Laying Flower Memes on my Mother’s Grave and the Recollective Realm of Life after Death Olivia Guntarik and Claudia Bellote Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
10. A Monumental Problem Memorializing the Jonestown Dead Rebecca Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
11. Long Live Chill Exploring Grief, Mourning, and Ritual within African American R.I.P. T-shirt Culture Kami Fletcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Conclusion Kalliopi M. Christodoulaki and Aubrey Thamann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243