This world, other worlds : sickness, suicide, death, and the afterlife among the vaqueiros de alzada of Spain / Maria Catedra ; translated by William A. Christian, Jr
Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One - The Path to Death -- 1. Sickness and the Vaqueiro Cosmology -- Part Two - Death -- Introduction: Kinds of Death -- 2. Natural Death -- 3. Violent Death: Suicide -- Conclusion: Kinds of Death and the House -- 4. The Burial -- Part Three - The Afterlife -- Introduction: The Second Funeral -- 5. The Spirits -- 6. The Saints -- Conclusion: The Long Way of the Dead -- Epilogue: Between Beasts and Saints -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes
Translation of: La muerte y otros mundos. 1988
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-379) and index
