Koudounaris Paul
Memento Mori The Dead Among Us
Memento Mori The Dead Among Us
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Description: A macabre spectacular and thought - provoking survey of human remains used in decorative commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today from the author of Heavenly Bodies and The Empire of Death. Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones to skulls smoking cigarettes wearing beanie hats and sunglasses and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe.
Title: Memento Mori The Dead Among Us
Author(s): Koudounaris Paul
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Barcode: 9780500252611
Pages: 216 Pages, Illustrated Throughout
Publication Date: 6/21/2022
Category: Sociology: Death & Dying
Description: A macabre spectacular and thought - provoking survey of human remains used in decorative commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today from the author of Heavenly Bodies and The Empire of Death. Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones to skulls smoking cigarettes wearing beanie hats and sunglasses and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe.
Title: Memento Mori The Dead Among Us
Author(s): Koudounaris Paul
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Barcode: 9780500252611
Pages: 216 Pages, Illustrated Throughout
Publication Date: 6/21/2022
Category: Sociology: Death & Dying
