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The Mourner's Dance

What We Do When People Die

The Mourner's Dance( )
Author: Ashenburg, Katherine
ISBN:978-1-4668-0443-2
Publication Date:Sep 2004
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Imprint:North Point Press
Book Format:Ebook
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Book Description:

When her daughter's fiancé died suddenly, Katherine Ashenburg was surprised to see how her daughter intuitively re-created the traditional rituals of mourning, even those of which she was ignorant. Intrigued, Ashenburg began to explore the rich and endlessly inventive choreographies different cultures and times have devised to mark a universal and deeply felt plight. Contemporary North American culture favors a mourning that is private and virtually invisible. But, as...
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