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The wedding of the dead: ritual, poetics, and popular culture in Transylvania

Gail Kligman c1988 © University of California Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780520060012 (hardcover)
  • 9780520069640 (paper)
Subject
  • European: Russia & Eastern
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Notes on the Maramureş Dialect (page xi)
  • Notes on the Ritual Poetry (page xiii)
  • Introduction: Beyond Dracula (page 1)
  • 1. Social Organization (page 25)
  • 2. Weddings (page 74)
  • 3. Funeral Rites (page 150)
  • 4. The Wedding of the Dead (page 215)
  • 5. Ideology, Ritual, and Identity (page 249)
  • Afterword (page 283)
  • Appendix A: Din Viaţa Satului (From the Life of the Village) (page 285)
  • Appendix B: Satul Meu (My Village) (page 290)
  • Appendix C: Verşi (The Deceased's Farewell and Prayer for Forgiveness) (page 291)
  • Appendix D: Death-Wedding Laments (page 300)
  • Appendix E: Vrem Pace (We Want Peace) (page 315)
  • Notes (page 317)
  • Glossary (page 371)
  • References (page 377)
  • Index (page 395)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAF 102.405 (Jul.-Sep. 1989): 351-353 http://www.jstor.org/stable/540658
AFS 48.1 (1989): 186-188 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1178555
JSSR 30.4 (Dec. 1991): 561-562 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1387303
AANTH 92.3 (Sep. 1990): 784-785 http://www.jstor.org/stable/680391
CS 19.1 (Jan. 1990): 113-114 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2073505
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