Memento Mori
The Dead Among Us
$49.17
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2022
Summary
A macabre, spectacular and thought-provoking survey of human remains used in decorative, commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today, from the author of Heavenly Bodies and The Empire of Death.
Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world’s more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festoone…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500252611 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500252610 |
| Author: | Paul Koudounaris |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.15kg |
| Dimensions: | 280mm x 187mm |
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‘In the midst of life, you need a good book about death. This is it’ - Fortean Times‘An engrossing, albeit unsettling, read’ - Royal Photographic Society Journal‘Guaranteed to make your hair stand on end’ - Birmingham Post
About The Author
Paul Koudounaris
Paul Koudounaris has a doctorate in Art History from the University of California and has written widely on European ossuaries and charnel houses for both academic and popular journals. He is also the author of Heavenly Bodies and Empire of Death, both published by Thames & Hudson.
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