article
Bás inEirinn: cultural constructions of death in Ireland
Anthropology quarterly • 62 (4) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 175-187
By: Taylor, Lawrence J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on the different meanings of death held by the Irish Catholic Church and the local community. According to the author, death provides an opportunity for the church to enter into, and assert its power over, the local community. The more communal wake followed by a highly sociable gathering in the local pub is compared to the more official funeral that follows, presided over by a priest. The wake has ancient roots and expresses the unity and culture of the local community, whereas church rites recontextualize the event to capture the emotions around death as a way to affirm church doctrine.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Community structure
- Revolution
- Life and death
- Dying
- Burial practices and funerals
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rural Irish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973, 1987-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1986-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lawrence J. Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-187)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ireland--Rural conditions