| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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LSE International Studies |
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LSE international studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction : death out of place -- Islamic funeral funds and the moral economy of repatriation -- Muslim undertakers and the bureaucracy of death -- Memory and identity in diaspora cemeteries -- Burial and belonging -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"On any given day, the remains of countless deceased migrants are shipped around the world to be buried in ancestral soils. Others are laid to rest in countries of settlement, sometimes in cemeteries established for religious and ethnic minorities, where available. For immigrants and their descendants, perennial questions about the meaning of home and homeland take on a particular gravitas in death. When the boundaries of a nation and its members are contested, burial decisions are political acts. Building on multi-sited fieldwork in Berlin and Istanbul -- where the author worked as an undertaker -- Dying Abroad offers a moving and powerful account of migrants' end-of-life dilemmas, vividly illustrating how they are connected to ongoing political struggles over the stakes of citizenship, belonging, and collective identity in contemporary Europe"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Osman Balkan is Associate Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Turks -- Funeral customs and rites -- Germany
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Turks -- Germany -- Social conditions
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Muslims -- Germany -- Social conditions
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Islamic cemeteries -- Social aspects -- Germany
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Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies -- Germany
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Islamic funeral rites and ceremonies
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Muslims -- Social conditions
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Turks -- Social conditions
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Germany
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009288569 |
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1009288563 |
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9781009288576 |
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1009288571 |
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