Articles liés à Ettu Celebrations of Life: Death Rituals of a Jamaican...

Ettu Celebrations of Life: Death Rituals of a Jamaican People - Couverture souple

Hamilton, Sandra

 
9783838343266: Ettu Celebrations of Life: Death Rituals of a Jamaican People
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838343263 ISBN 13 : 9783838343266
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

It has been said that the modern world is eroding traditional community values. This study investigated death practices of a rural Jamaican community, the Ettu, across three generations. The Ettu acknowledge the presence and power of the spirit world among the living. Some of their traditions are frowned upon by the younger generations. However, at the time of death traditions come to the fore with all age groups participating. The essence of the Ettu resides in its juxtaposition to a dominant cultural Other. Its presence in the midst of an antagonistic enclave of consumerism and individualism reveals that a collective identity can be sustained and run parallel to the dominant culture, and indeed may provide spaces for reflection and renewal, connections backward and forward. The death practices of the Ettu provided grief support, forgiveness, memory creation, re-memory, closure and reabsorption into community.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

It has been said that the modern world is eroding traditional community values. This study investigated death practices of a rural Jamaican community, the Ettu, across three generations. The Ettu acknowledge the presence and power of the spirit world among the living. Some of their traditions are frowned upon by the younger generations. However, at the time of death traditions come to the fore with all age groups participating. The essence of the Ettu resides in its juxtaposition to a dominant cultural Other. Its presence in the midst of an antagonistic enclave of consumerism and individualism reveals that a collective identity can be sustained and run parallel to the dominant culture, and indeed may provide spaces for reflection and renewal, connections backward and forward. The death practices of the Ettu provided grief support, forgiveness, memory creation, re-memory, closure and reabsorption into community.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838343263
ISBN 13 
9783838343266
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
KreGa Onlinehandel GmbH
4950000000000
info@krega-onlinehandel.de

Birkenweg 31
Brakel
33034
Allemagne