In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Contextualizing Death
Chapter 1. Field Boundaries
Chapter 2. Talking About The Dead
Chapter 3. Sensing The Memories And The Dead
Chapter 4. Objects Of The Dead
Chapter 5. Collective Remembrance
Chapter 6. Materiality In The Graveyard
Conclusion
Appendix
About the author
Barbara Graham is an anthropologist with a special research interest in Ireland. She has extensive research experience in the field of material culture studies, death, emotions, aging and care.
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