TY - BOOK AU - Freedman,Jeffrey ED - Bloomsbury (Firm), TI - Cultural history of death: Vol.004 : In the Age of Enlightenment T2 - The Cultural Histories Series SN - 9781472537539 (hbk.) U1 - 306.9 23 PY - 2024/// KW - Death KW - History KW - Anthropological aspects KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; vol. 1; In Antiquity; edited by Mario Erasmo --; vol. 2; In the Middle Ages; edited by Ashby Kinch --; vol. 3; In the Renaissance; edited by Gordon D. Raeburn and Nathaniel A. Warne --; vol. 4; In the Age of Enlightenment; edited by Jeffrey Freedman --; vol. 5; In the Age of Empire; edited by Helen MacDonald --; vol. 6; In the Modern Age; edited by Douglas J. Davies N2 - "How has our understanding of death evolved over the course of 2,500 years? What can recorded history tell us about how different cultures and societies have felt about, experienced, responded to and marked the occasion of death across different periods and lands? These are the questions pursued by 54 experts in this landmark work that explores the way past societies thought, behaved and developed as they wrestled with enormity of their own mortality. The volumes draw on history, anthropology and cultural studies to carve a complete picture of death, its symbols and interpretations from Antiquity to the present day."--Publisher site ER -