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Charlotte Horlyck, Charlotte (EDT)/ Pettid Horlyck, Charlotte Horlyck, Min Sun Kim, Michael J Pettid, Michael J. Pettid

Death, Mourning and the Afterlife in Korea - Ancient to Contemporary Times

English · Hardback

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Takes a multidisciplinary approach in an effort to provide a fuller understanding of both historic and contemporary practices linked with death in Korea. Contributors from Korea and the West incorporate the approaches of archaeology, history, literature, religion, and anthropology in addressing a number of topics organised around issues of the body, disposal of remains, ancestor worship and rites, and the afterlife.

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Authors	Charlotte Horlyck, Charlotte (EDT)/ Pettid Horlyck
Assisted by	Charlotte Horlyck (Editor), Min Sun Kim (Editor), Michael J Pettid (Editor), Michael J. Pettid (Editor)
Publisher	University of hawaii press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	31.05.2014

EAN	9780824839680
ISBN	978-0-8248-3968-0
No. of pages	288
Series	Hawaii Studies on Korea Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard Hawai'i Studies on Korea Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard Hawai'i Studies on Korea
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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