The Dead Body as a 'Lieu De Mémoire'. The Body-Object and the Living Body in Caitlin Doughty’s Nonfiction
Between Pierre Nora’s lieux de mémoire and Paul Ricoeur’s body-object there appears to be a relation of community and personal memory. Before death, the human body holds three meanings: material, symbolic, and functional, but post-mortem the body also becomes a place where both community and indivi...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Linguaculture |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/189 |