ANTH280 — Anthropology of Death
ANTH 280 - Anthropology of Death ANTH 280 - Anthropology of Death Total Hours: 45 Students, using an anthropological approach, will explore one of life’s inevitabilities: death. While death is a biological reality, its definition and meaning are profoundly shaped by culture. We will survey a wide variety of funerary traditions to understand how these rituals define death, guide the behaviour of those grieving, and structure the ongoing relations between the living and their dead. We will examine the similarities and differences in conceptions of the human body, death, and death rites in time and space, and consider our own cultural practices in cross-cultural perspective. Prerequisites One of: C in ENGL 151 C in ENGL 161 C in ENGL 163 C in ENGL 164
Prerequisites: ENGL151, ENGL161, ENGL163, ENGL164