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New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes

Continuity, Change, and Contestation

Danielle House
Barcode 9781802202380
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Release Date: 24/02/2023

Genre: Society & Culture
Sub-Genre: Social Sciences
Label: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Contributors: Danielle House (Edited by), Avril Maddrell (With), Mariske Westendorp (Edited by)
Language: English
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Pages: 228

Continuity, Change, and Contestation
Establishing a new set of international perspectives from around the world on experiences of death, disposition and remembrance in urban environments, this book brings deathscapes – material, embodied and emotional places associated with dying and death – to life. It pushes the boundaries of established empirical and conceptual understandings of death in urban spaces through anthropological, geographical and ethnographic insights.



Chapters reveal how urban deathscapes are experienced, used, managed and described in specific locales in varied settings; how their norms and values intersect and at times conflict with the norms of dominant and assumed practices; and how they are influenced by the dynamic practices, politics and demographics typical of urban spaces. Case studies from across Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America highlight the differences between deathscapes, but also show their clear commonality in being as much a part of the world of the living as they are of the dead.



With a people- and space-centred approach, this book will be an interesting read for human geography, death studies and urban studies scholars, as well as social and cultural anthropologists and sociologists. Its international and interdisciplinary nature will also make this a beneficial book for planning and landscape architecture, religious studies and courses on death practices.