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Preferred term
anthropological perspectives on death
Definition
- Death is not a new interest for anthropologists, but how it is depicted has changed. Typically, earlier ethnographers inserted death, a biological given, into their descriptions of rituals, religious beliefs, and memorial practices. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Death, Anthropological Perspectives]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/anthropological_perspectives_on_death
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