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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Charlotte Horlyck (Editore), Michael J. Pettid (Editore), Min Sun Kim (Editore), Min-Sun Kim (Editore), Michael J Pettid (Editore)
• Autori: Charlotte (EDT)/ Pettid Horlyck, Charlotte Horlyck
• Editore: University of hawaii press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9780824876760
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7676-0
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 23 x 1.5 cm
• Serie: Hawaii Studies on Korea; Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard; Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Hard; Hawai'i Studies on Korea
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying; History - General History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions; HISTORY / Asia / Korea