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Stiff Competition: Vertical Relationships in Cremation Services [PDF]

open access: yes
I examine the relationship between retail market competition and wholesale contracting patterns, by analyzing subcontracting behavior of funeral homes (retailers) and crematories (wholesalers) in the Minnesota funeral industry.
Lori Parcel
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Tomb number 2 of the Church of St. Michael in Mornago (Varese, Italy). Anthropological and archaeological study of medieval funeral remains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The current paper aims to present the archaeological and anthropological results of the investigation conducted on a medieval burial which presents several features that recall the Longobard culture.
Badino, Paola   +2 more
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Do cultural taboos regulate hunting in transitioning Indigenous communities? The case of the Idu Mishmi of Northeast India

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiesta funeral: Lumbalú para Bata III

open access: yesPalobra, 2015
El trabajo se inspira en las conversaciones con Paulino Salgado Valdez. Entrevistas con Batata III en Bogotá, 1998 y en Cartagena en el 2000 en el marco del Encuentro de los países andinos.
Enrique Luis Muñoz Vélez
doaj  

Sensing Hinduism: Lucian-Indian Funeral “Feast” as Glocalized Ritual1

open access: yesReligions, 2016
Migrant narratives of Indo-Caribbean religious practices in the smaller island states of the Caribbean are rare, and that Diaspora’s funerary traditions are even less explored.
Sabita Manian, Brad Bullock
doaj   +1 more source

Exclusion and Exposure: How Social Inequality and Marginalization Shape Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation in Rural Communities

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Casket Sales and Restrictions: A Pointless Undertaking? [PDF]

open access: yes
We utilize a new micro dataset of prices of funeral goods and services at individual funeral homes, plus data from the Census to examine the effects of state regulations that restrict entry into funeral goods market.
Fiona Scott Morton, Judith Chevalier
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

HZ. PEYGAMBER’İN AİLE BİREYLERİNİN CENAZE MERÂSİMLERİ

open access: yesFırat Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2018
Vefat her ne kadar ferdî bir hâdise olarak görülse de aslında, sonrasında düzenlenen cenaze merâsimiyle içinde geleneği, toplumun kabullerini barındıran sosyal bir hâdisedir.
Feyza Betül Köse
doaj  

The Life of Christ and the Death of a Loved One: Crafting the Funeral Homily [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Reviewed Book: Schmitz, Barbara G. The Life of Christ and the Death of a Loved One: Crafting the Funeral Homily.
Lisinski, Peter
core   +1 more source

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