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ПОХОРОННО-ПОГРЕБАЛЬНАЯ ОБРЯДНОСТЬ У КАЛМЫКОВ: ПОДГОТОВКА ПОКОЙНОГО К ЗАХОРОНЕНИЮ
Oriental Studies, 2018 This article is devoted to funeral rites of the Кalmyks conducted in the period of preparation of the deceased for burial which are based on traditional worldview and Buddhist practice.
Tatyana Isaevna Sharaeva
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THE STORY OF A FUNERAL HOME: RITUAL MODERNIZATION AND ITS RECEPTION IN A TRANSYLVANIAN VILLAGE COMMUNITY [PDF]
Revista Română de Sociologie, 2016 The paper offers a brief re-study of funerary rituals in a village inhabited by Hungarian Roman Catholics in Romania. Since the completion of long-term fieldwork there in 2003 and 2004, the construction of a funeral home and the emergence of local ...
AGNES HESZ
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L’imaginaire transatlantique de la mort : rites, mythes et conflits
Amerika, 2015 From his journeys in Europe, Washington Irving brings back images of death and of life after death. He absorbs the romantic imaginary of cemeteries and he is faced with new questions about inheritance.
Nikol Dziub
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Ritual Counsellors’ Value Tensions in Profiling. A Pilot Study Using Organizational Constellations
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies, 2021 Ritual counsellors are self-employed entrepreneurs that mainly guide funeral rites. Literature suggests that ritual counsellors may experience tensions between values in profiling themselves to the media and funeral market.
André Mulder, Angela Stoof
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Administering an Islamic Public Value by a Non‐Muslim Agency: The UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐Arab Spring conflicts generated large‐scale displacement across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), producing acute humanitarian needs among predominantly Muslim refugee populations. The United Nations High Commissioner to refugees responded by opening the Refugee Zakat Fund, to be used to mobilize the Islamic philanthropic ...
Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
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Receipt for the funeral of Kittie Roe
, 1967 Receipt from the Vermeulen Funeral Home in Paterson, NJ covering the itemized expenses for the funeral of Elizabeth Roe's sister ...
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.In this paper, we use Goffman's notion of “face work” to examine how pipeline engineers perform and present their working selves as competent experts. Our analysis identifies various faces and face work tactics, including a focus on professional judgment, actively selling one's expertise relative to others, protective self‐deprecatory strategies, and ...
Sarah Maslen +2 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
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Obrzędy pogrzebowe w Grecji archaicznej i klasycznej [PDF]
Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2016 (Funeral rites in Greece in the archaic and classical age): The paper focuses on an approach to death in Archaic and Classical Greece. It presents various practices, rituals and beliefs.
Magdalena Myszkowska-Kaszuba
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