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		Edited by Peter Homans
		256 pages • 6 x 9
		Cloth ISBN 0-8139-1985-1 • $59.50
		Paper ISBN 0-8139-1986-X • $22.50
		Historically, many world cultures have linked three disparate phenomena: collective loss; mourning; and the construction of monuments and cultural symbols to represent the loss over time and render it memorable, meaningful,and thereby bearable. In a century of great loss, observers of western culture have commented on the decline of mourning practices and the absence of their associated rituals. The ten essays assembled here by Peter Homans represent, in a genuinely interdisciplinary way, the recent work of scholars attempting to understand this trend. Arranged in sections on cultural studies, architecture, history, and psychology, this accessible collection can serve as an introduction to the uses of mourning in contemporary cultures. Contributors: Paul A. Anderson, University of Michigan Doris L. Bergen, University of Notre Dame Mitchell Breitwieser, University of California, Berkeley Peter Homans, University of Chicago Patrick H. Hutton, University of Vermont Marie-Claire Lavabre, National Institute for Scientific Research, Paris Peter C. Shabad, Northwestern University Medical School and Columbia Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center Levi P. Smith, Art Institute of Chicago Julia Stern, Northwestern University James E. Young, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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		Peter Homans is Professor of Psychology and Religious Studies at the University of Chicago. His books include The Ability to Mourn: Disillusionment and the Social Origins of Psychoanalysis.
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