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29 Jul 1994
TL;DR: In this paper, a profane perspective of death and the city is presented, where shares and chicanery are used to give, receive, and bargain over gifts, and the last sacrifice is discussed.
Abstract: Introduction Part I. Death and the City: 1. Through 'divine eyes' 2. A profane perspective Part II. Death as a Living: 3. Shares and chicanery 4. Giving, receiving and bargaining over gifts Part III. Death into Birth: 5. The last sacrifice 6. Ghosts into ancestors 7. Spirit possession as 'superstition' Part IV. The End of Death: 8. Asceticism and the conquest of death.
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