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

Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Horlyck is lecturer in Korean art history in the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Michael J. Pettid is professor of premodern Korean studies in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University (SUNY), where he also is director of the Translation Research and Instruction Program. Klappentext Takes a multidisciplinary approach in an effort to provide a fuller understanding of both historic and contemporary practices linked with death in Korea. Contributors 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.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Horlyck, Charlotte (EDT)/ Pettid Horlyck
• Assisted by: Charlotte Horlyck (Editor), Min Sun Kim (Editor), Min-Sun Kim (Editor), Michael J Pettid (Editor), Michael J. Pettid (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780824876760
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7676-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea; Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard; Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard; Hawai'i Studies on Korea
• Subject: Non-fiction book