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ABSTRACT

Published in the year 2007, Death Customs is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |18 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |1 pages

PART ONE SIMILARITIES

chapter I|10 pages

ORIGIN OF DEATH

chapter II|14 pages

CAUSES OF DEATH

chapter III|12 pages

DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD

chapter IV|26 pages

DREAD OF THE SPIRIT

chapter V|6 pages

GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CORPSE

chapter VI|21 pages

MOURNING

chapter VII|5 pages

ERECTION OF A HUT ON THE GRAVE

chapter VIII|6 pages

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

chapter IX|15 pages

PURIFICATION

chapter X|11 pages

THE POTENT POWER OF THE NAME

chapter XI|15 pages

FEASTS

chapter XII|23 pages

LIFE AFTER DEATH

chapter XIII|4 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter XIV|6 pages

CONCLUSION (continued)

part |1 pages

PART TWO DEFERENCES

chapter XV|28 pages

DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD

chapter XVI|10 pages

MOURNING

chapter XVII|3 pages

TABOOS

chapter XVIII|7 pages

WOMAN'S CONNECTION WITH FUNERAL RITES

chapter XIX|3 pages

TOTEMIC CONCEPTIONS

chapter XX|3 pages

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

chapter XXI|13 pages

LIFE AFTER DEATH

chapter XXII|4 pages

CULT OF THE DEAD

chapter XXIII|9 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter XXIV|7 pages

CONCLUSION (continued)