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Establishing a new set of international perspectives from around
the world on and experiences of death, disposition and remembrance
in urban environments, this book brings deathscapes - material,
embodied and emotional places associated with dying and death - to
life. It pushes the boundaries of established empirical and
conceptual understandings of death in urban spaces through
anthropological, geographical and ethnographic insights. Chapters
reveal how urban deathscapes are experienced, used, managed and
described in specific locales in varied settings; how their norms
and values intersect and at times conflict with the norms of
dominant and assumed practices; and how they are influenced by the
dynamic practices, politics and demographics typical of urban
spaces. Case studies from across Africa, Asia, Europe and North and
South America highlight the differences between deathscapes, but
also show their clear commonality in being as much a part of the
world of the living as they are of the dead. With a people- and
space-centred approach, this book will be an interesting read for
human geography, death studies and urban studies scholars, as well
as social and cultural anthropologists and sociologists. Its
international and interdisciplinary nature will also make this a
beneficial book for planning and landscape architecture, religious
studies and courses on death practices.
This open access book focuses on migrant and minority cemetery
needs through the conceptual lens of the mobilities of the living
and the dead. In doing so, the book brings migration and mobility
studies into much-needed dialogue with death studies to explore the
symbolically and politically important issue of culturally
inclusive spaces of cemeteries and crematoria for migrants and
established minorities. The book addresses majority and minority
cemetery and crematoria provisions and practices in a range of
North West European contexts. It describes how the planning,
management and use of cemeteries and crematoria in multicultural
societies can tell us about the everyday lived experiences of
migration and migrant heritage, urban diversity, social inclusion
and exclusion in Europe, and how these relate to migrant and
minority experience of lived citizenship, practices of
territoriality and bordering, colonial/postcolonial narratives. The
book will be of interest to readers in the fields of
migration/mobilities studies and death studies, as well as policy
makers and practitioners, such as local government officers,
cemetery managers and city planners.
This open access book focuses on migrant and minority cemetery
needs through the conceptual lens of the mobilities of the living
and the dead. In doing so, the book brings migration and mobility
studies into much-needed dialogue with death studies to explore the
symbolically and politically important issue of culturally
inclusive spaces of cemeteries and crematoria for migrants and
established minorities. The book addresses majority and minority
cemetery and crematoria provisions and practices in a range of
North West European contexts. It describes how the planning,
management and use of cemeteries and crematoria in multicultural
societies can tell us about the everyday lived experiences of
migration and migrant heritage, urban diversity, social inclusion
and exclusion in Europe, and how these relate to migrant and
minority experience of lived citizenship, practices of
territoriality and bordering, colonial/postcolonial narratives. The
book will be of interest to readers in the fields of
migration/mobilities studies and death studies, as well as policy
makers and practitioners, such as local government officers,
cemetery managers and city planners.
Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people
living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia,
this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals,
and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education,
social inequality, family pressures, changing values, precarious
employment, and political discontent, the book explores how young
people are pushing boundaries and imagining their future. In this
way, they explore and create the identities of their local and
global surroundings.
Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people
living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia,
this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals,
and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education,
social inequality, family pressures, changing values, precarious
employment, and political discontent, the book explores how young
people are pushing boundaries and imagining their future. In this
way, they explore and create the identities of their local and
global surroundings.
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