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HPGA 395 - History of Death and Mourning

3 Credits
Death is a human universal, and the ways that societies view, treat and react to death is highly revealing about their cultural practices, social and political structures, and belief systems. The course will focus on what scholars call deathways, which includes deathbed scenes, corpse preparation, burial practices, funerals, mourning and commemoration of the dead. Drawing on historical cultures from across the globe, students will examine art, literature, material culture, legal documents, and more to investigate these ideas from different historical eras and a range of geographical regions.


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