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The wedding of the dead : ritual, poetics, and popular culture in Transylvania / Gail Kligman.

Title: The wedding of the dead : ritual, poetics, and popular culture in Transylvania / Gail Kligman.
Author: Kligman, Gail
Publication: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1988.

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Description

xiii, 410 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 4

Uniform Title

Studies on the history of society and culture 4.

Subject

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 377-394.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

Introduction : beyond Dracula -- Social organization -- Weddings -- Funeral rites -- The wedding of the dead -- Ideology, ritual, and identity -- Afterword -- Appendix A : Din Viaţa Satului (From the life of the village) -- Appendix B : Satul Meu (My village) -- Appendix C : Verşi (The deceased's farewell and prayer for forgiveness) -- Appendix D : Death-wedding laments -- Appendix E : Vrem Pace (We want peace).

ISBN

0520069641 (pbk.)
0520060016 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^87025638^

OCLC

16759139

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Harvard Library