Death on the move: managing narratives, silences and constraints in a trans-national perspective

This volume explores the different symbolic and empirical aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern Europe, through deconstructing persistent idiosyncratic beliefs, myths, narratives, silences, and constraints.

It focuses on migrants from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds in Portugal, Spain and Italy.

It also includes reflections on Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, East-Timor and Cuba.

The 13 chapters provide insights into epistemological issues, the trans-national circulation of bodies, spirits and rituals, migration, the placing of the dead and diverse funerary practices and perspectives.