Titre du document / Document title

Living and dying : Images of death and mourning in the Alentejo (Portugal) = Vivre et mourir : Images de la mort et du deuil dans l'Alentejo (Portugal)

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

DRACKLE D. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Social Anthropology, University of Hamburg, ALLEMAGNE

Résumé / Abstract

The A. considers death as a central cultural fact which reveals local ideas about social relations, religion and the nature of society. Social differences are omnipresent in the Alentejo - which is often referred to as Europe' s poorhouse - and thus equally so in everything bound up with the cultural process of dying. Death is a political issue as is evidenced in the changes under way in the manner of dealing with the dead and in representations of an afterlife. In the district of Odemira, death is constantly present in everyday life: statistics of suicide rates and those of fatal traffic accidents are significantly high. The subject of dying - and especially of violent forms of death - requires a new anthropology of death which, in addition to analyzing narrowly anthropological data, is also capable of apprehending individuals' feelings in their various interpersonal relationships.

Revue / Journal Title

Anthropos   ISSN 0257-9774 

Source / Source

1999, vol. 94, n^o1-3, pp. 121-140 (23 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais
Revue : Espagnol

Editeur / Publisher

Editions St-Paul, Fribourg, SUISSE  (1906) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Western Europe ; Portugal ; Anthropology ; Death conception ; Mourning ; Beyond (The) ; Social relations ; Social stratification ; Religion ; Catholicism ; Political role ; Cemetery ; Funeral ceremony ; Burial ; Discourse analysis ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Europe occidentale ; Portugal ; Anthropologie ; Conception de la mort ; Deuil ; Au delà ; Relations sociales ; Stratification sociale ; Religion ; Catholicisme ; Rôle politique ; Cimetière ; Rite funéraire ; Enterrement ; Analyse du discours ; Alentejo ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 25570, 35400007380497.0080