Posts Tagged ‘anthropology’
Santa Muerte…Saint Death Accepts Everyone
13, Dec 2009Devotion to Saint Death
William Booth, The Washington Post (December 6, 2009)
I don’t really know a lot about Santa Muerte or Saint Death. After I read this article, I remembered seeing the various Santa Muerte statues in Mexican stores but never really thought twice about it.
This Washington Post piece brings a whole new angle to worshiping [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: anthropology, cults, religion, video
Roadside Memorials Face Roadblocks
13, Jul 2009Should Roadside Memorials Be Banned?
New York Times (July 12, 2009)
As part of their “Room for Debate” series, the New York Times provides five varying perspectives (along with well over a hundred reader comments so far) on the issue of roadside and neighborhood memorials. These shrines of grief—including crosses, photos, flowers, stuffed animals and other [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + the Law| Grief + Mourning| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: anthropology, memorializing, video
Prone Burials: Mortifying the Dead
24, Jun 2009Buried Face Down: Prone Burials
Current Archaeology, v.20(231), June 2009
Via National Geographic News
Face-down burial has long been regarded with a knee-jerk, not-right, benefiting-the-doubt reaction. Across cultures and through time, experts and laity alike have assumed prone burials to be accidents or the result of post-interment disturbances.
Following an extensive survey of documented prone burials around the world, [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial
- Tags: anthropology, research