Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Introduction: death and the regeneration of life Maurice Bloch and Jonathan Parry; 2. The dead and the devils among the Bolivian Laymi Olivia Haris; 3. Sacrificial death and the necrophagous ascetic Jonathan Parry; 4. Witchcraft, greed, cannibalism and death: some related themes from the New Guinea Highlands Andrew Strathern; 5. Lugbara death John Middleton; 6. Of flesh and bones: the management of death pollution in Cantoese society James L. Watson; 7. Social dimensions of death in four African hunting and gathering societies James Woodburn; 8. Death, women and power Maurice Bloch; Index.