Essays about: "senicide"

Found 1 essay containing the word senicide.

  1. 1. Facing the Inevitable : Using the modern practice of Döstädning to understand Ättestupa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Karl Bloomberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Ättestupa; Death Cleaning; senicide; archaeology of aging; materiality; Ättestupa; Döstädning; senilitet; akeologi av föråldrande; materialitet;

    Abstract : Ättestupa has been a contentious practice ever since the translation of Gautreks saga. This senicide practice has largely been viewed as a parody of the culture of Västergötland and has received little attention. But with new interest in the modern practice of Death Cleaning, we might finally understand Ättestupa as a real tradition. READ MORE