Description
Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race. In the ancient Roman world, for example, it was common practice to build channels from the tops of graves into the crypts themselves, and mourners would regularly pour offerings of food and drink into these conduits to nourish the dead while they waited for the afterlife. Funeral cookies wrapped with printed prayers and poems meant to comfort mourners became popular in Victorian England; while in
Author: Candi K. Cann
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780813178516
ISBN10: 0813178517
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science | Public Poli
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
About the Author
Candi K. Cann is associate professor of religion at Baylor University. She is the author of The World Religions: Essential Readings and Handbook and Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century.
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