Form in Ashes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370849 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Laqueur (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-72 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2008.104.1.50 |
| OpenAlex | W2011862364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay explains the advent of modern cremation by how it came to stand in a variety of isomorphic relationships with other cultural practices or political positions. The meanings of this form of disposing of the dead-of rendering corpses quickly into their component parts through combustion in technologically advanced furnaces-are a consequence of the ways this relationship was articulated
Aesthetics · Art · Political science · Politics · Computer Science · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |