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portada Death & Dying in Hispanic Worlds: The Nexus of Religions, Cultural Traditions, and the Arts
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Physical Book
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Author
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.1 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Weight
0.54 kg.
ISBN13
9781789760637
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Death & Dying in Hispanic Worlds: The Nexus of Religions, Cultural Traditions, and the Arts

Andrist, Debra D. (Author) · Liverpool University Press · Hardcover

Death & Dying in Hispanic Worlds: The Nexus of Religions, Cultural Traditions, and the Arts - Andrist, Debra D.

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Synopsis "Death & Dying in Hispanic Worlds: The Nexus of Religions, Cultural Traditions, and the Arts"

The dispassionate intellectual examination of the concepts of death & dying contrasts dramatically with the emotive grieving process experienced by those who mourn. Death & dying are binary concepts in human cultures. Cultural differences reveal their mutual exclusiveness in philosophical outlook, language, and much more. Other sets of binaries come into play under intellectual consideration and emotive behavior, which further divide and shape perceptions, beliefs, and actions of individuals and groups. The presence or absence of religious beliefs about life and death, and disposition of the body and/or soul, are prime distinctions. Likewise the age-old binary of reason vs. faith. To many observers, the topic of death and dying in the Hispanic cultural tradition is usually limited to that of Mexico and its transmogrified religious festival day of Dia de los Muertos. The studies presented in the ten chapters, and editorial introductions to the themes of the book, seek to widen this representation, and set forth the implications of the binary aspects of death and dying in numerous cultures throughout the so-called Hispanic world, including indigenous and European-derived beliefs and practices in religion, society, art, film & literature. Contributions include engagement with the pre-Hispanic world, Picassos poetry, cultural norms in Cuba, and the literary works of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Underlying the arguments presented is Saussurean structuralist theory, which provides a platform to disentangle cultural context in comparative settings.

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