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Mourning Animals

Rituals and Practices Surrounding Animal Death

Mourning Animals( )
Editor: DeMello, Margo
Series title:The Animal Turn Ser.
ISBN:978-1-61186-212-6
Publication Date:Aug 2016
Publisher:Michigan State University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $44.95
Book Description:

We live more intimately with nonhuman animals than ever before in history. The grieving we practice in the event of an animal death, and related beliefs about animal souls or animal afterlife, generally only extends to certain kinds of animals--pets. Most animals, in most cultures, are not mourned, and the question of an animal afterlife is not contemplated at all. Mourning Animals investigates how we mourn animal deaths, which animals are grievable, and what the...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Animals / General
Pets / General
History / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7 x 10 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:1.81 Pounds



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