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Author Hertzel, David, author.

Title Ancestors : who we are and where we come from / David Hertzel.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  301 HERTZEL, DAVID    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  929.2 HERTZEL    Check Shelf
Description vii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ancestors: who we are and where we come from -- Sacred is as sacred does -- "Who are your ancestors?" -- Every person is an ancestor, a descendant, and an individual -- The ancestral narrative -- Ancestors in time and space -- Ancestors, good and bad: pruning branches -- Reciprocal arrangements.
Summary Throughout history people have incorporated ancestors into rituals public and private, religious and secular. Societies are often organized around ancestral constructions; medical professionals consider ancestral information important to a patient's diagnosis and to the study of disease. Hertzel offers an introductory foray into the nature of relationships people today have with their ancestors, and explores the significance of ancestry and ancestral belief in our modern world.
Subject Genealogy -- Interviews.
Genealogy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Families -- Philosophy -- Interviews.
Families -- Philosophy -- Cross-cultural studies.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Extended Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
Families -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01728909
Genealogy. (OCoLC)fst00939652
Indexed Term Ancestors
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
Interviews. (OCoLC)fst01423832
Interviews.
Other Form: Online version: Hertzel, David. Ancestors. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 9781538104378 (DLC) 2017033050
ISBN 9781538104361 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1538104369 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781538160114 (paperback)
1538160110 (paperback)
9781538104378 (ePub ebook)
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