Posts Tagged ‘anthropology’
Washing the Dead for Muslim Funerals
25, Mar 2010The Washing: In the Muslim Custom of Bathing the Dead, She Found a Deep Sense of Reward — and Shaved off 40 Sins Reshma Memon Yaqub, The Washington Post (March 21, 2010) Modern human migration has created a real dilemma for the first, second, and third generations of immigrant children. When a relative dies, many [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Funeral Industry
- Tags: anthropology, funeral homes, religion
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 [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: anthropology, cults, Mexico, 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 [...]
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 [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial
- Tags: anthropology, research