The Ecological Aesthetics of Funeral Architecture towards Death:A Case Study of Tomba Brion Family Cemetery

This paper discusses the design of funeral architecture with ecological aesthetics as the entry point,and makes a poetic interpretation of the gardening techniques and spiritual connotation of Tomba Brion Family Cemetery,a funeral architecture,in combination with architecture,ecological design aesthetics,landscape ecology,oriental aesthetics and other disciplines to explore the unique charm of the architectural field related to death for life,trying to provide the reference value of ecological aesthetics for the development of funeral architecture.

The Awakening of Consciousness:Traumatic Repetition in“Funeral Music”by Geoffrey Hill

The aftermath of the war had devastating consequences on people’s lives and society as a whole.In addition to the significant impact of the Great Depression on social production and living standards,it resulted in psychological trauma,unemployment,poverty,and social conflicts.As a prominent English poet that emerged after World War II,Geoffrey Hill depicted the gruesome realities of war through his early works.This article applies Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory to analyze Hill’s poem“Funeral Music.”The fragmented images and repetitive traumatic scenes restore the harsh realities of war.Furthermore,this article explores Joshua Pederson’s critical development of Caruth’s theoretical framework,providing an alternate perspective for textual analysis.

Cultural Practice in Cote d'Ivoire: An Ethnography of the Feminization of Funeral Expenses

The“Letagonins”:a concept socially constructed to designate the“beating”women of Ivorian society,evokes those who have as their leitmotif,a self-realization through work.The purpose lies in their ability to free themselves from male domination.This concept means in one of the local Ivorian languages,notably the Gouro1:female boy.These women of Gouro ethnicity show a deep passion for the marketing of food products in Abidjan.However,behind this passion for food is their commitment to funeral expenses;a cultural activity customary lying with agnatic parentage.The transgression of custom by the latter under the prism of their social repositioning is the symbolic manifestation of the destandardization of the traditional relationship between man and woman in the organization of funerals in Gouro country,in the central West Ivorian.Understanding this relational reconfiguration has fuelled our passion as a researcher.In fact,ethnography has been mobilized as a method of observing the funeral practices of these women.In this regard,the study traces the strategies for negotiating access to the land as well as those used to negotiate access to information.

Ostentatious Funeral Expenses and Identity Reconstruction Among the Gouro Women of Gohitafla(Ivory Coast)

Although the Gouro women producing foodstuffs in the department of Gohitafla claim to be in a double dynamics of precariousness and social weakening,they incur ostentatious expenses during funeral ceremonies.To understand this paradox,this text,based on interviews and participating observation,makes a detailed description of the financial involvement of these women in funeral practices in order to reveal its meaning.The results show that the ostentatious nature of female funeral expenses related to the transfer of the body,compensation and honorary practices are strategies for identity reconstruction and negotiation of political citizenship for those women.

Funerary Euphemism in Chinese

Euphemism is a long-standing linguistic and cultural phenomenon in China. Funerary euphemism is an important componentof it. This article attempts to make a comprehensive study of Chinese funerary euphemism by exploring the deep cultural connotations underthis language phenomenon. Therefore it helps to smooth cross-cultural communication.

Man Drives Self to Funeral Home to Die

这是一个感人至深的故事！一位八旬老者,生前曾多次表示:他将自己将自己送到殡仪馆,不麻烦别人。最后,他竟“言比行,行必果”。他在发病之时,亲自驾车去殡仪馆,当他的汽车停在殡仪馆的停车场,他的生命也就终结了。经有关方面检查,他的死,属于自然死亡。老人生前患糖尿病,医生切除了他的脚趾。他立誓,再不去医院。文中有一句:He felt evidently it was his time and hedrove himself there。句中的his time用得极为委婉,很美。另外,他的这种死亡方式,是否能称得上真正的“安乐死”?】

Shipping Firm to Offer Funeral Service

Japan’s largest shipping company, Nippon Yusen KK, plans to offer a new funeral ash-scattering service in a bid to (释义见19页文) capitalize on demand fuelled by the high ccst of cemeteries in Japan, a financial daily said Sunday. 日本最大的海运公司Nippon Yusen KK打算提供新的骨灰海葬服务,以求赢利。日本的公墓的价格居高不下,刺激了骨灰海葬的需求。一份金融日报星期日称。

青海海西新发现彩绘木棺板画初步观察与研究

一研究现状及概况2002年青海省文物考古研究所对德令哈市郭里木乡夏塔图草场山根被盗掘两座墓葬进行了清理发掘,两座墓葬均为竖穴土坑形制,长方形单室。其中一座为夫妇合葬的木椁墓(夏塔图1号墓),另一座系土坑墓(夏塔图2号墓),柏木棚顶。引人注目的是这两座墓葬中发现了一批木棺板画,这批木棺板画上面彩绘宏大的场景和众多人物形象,被认为是学术史上吐蕃时期美术考古遗存一次最为集中。