105) 3) eV een OF DEAT THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF MORTUARY RITUAL RICHARD PETER HUNTINGTON METCALF Harvard University University of Virginia CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE LONDON NEW YORK MELBOURNEPublished by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press The Pite Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CBs 1 RP Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London NW: 2DB. 32 East s7th Street, New York, NY toot, USA. 296 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne 3206, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1979 First published 1979 Printed in the United States of America ‘Typeset by The Fuller Organization, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Printed and bound by Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Huntingzon, Richard. Celebrations of death, Bibliography: p. 1. Funeral rites and customs. 2, Death 1. Metcalf, Peter, joint author. , Title GN«86.H83 393 70-478 ISBN o s21 22551 0 hard covers ISBN 0 521 29540 8 paperback TO OUR ANCESTORSList of Ulustrations Preface Introduction: The Anthropology of Death Ritual Matters of life and death The “death awareness” movernent Death ritual and the birth of anthropology Durkheim and the sociology of re Van Gennep’s rites of passage Liminality Here's study of secondary burial Modern developments of Hertz’s thesis ‘The format of this book PART I. UNIVERSALS AND CULTURE I. The Emoticnal Reaction to Death Radcliffe-Brown's theory of sentiments and social integration Funeral sentiments and Durkheim's theory of society The Nyakyusa of Tanzania: emotions at an African funeral Culture and sentiment vii 34 28 4