Beyond the Veil

Aubrey Thamann is an American Studies scholar and anthropologist. Thamann has begun research into the fields of fat studies and food studies, specifically exploring where these fields intersect.

List of Figures



Introduction

Aubrey Thamann and Kalliopi M Christodoulaki



Part I: Delaying Death



Chapter 1. An Absent Presence: The Co-Constitution of Loss

Alison Witchard



Chapter 2. Immortality and Existential Terror: Learning the Language of Living Forever

Jeremy Cohen



Part II: Caregiving



Chapter 3. Living, Caring & Dying: Music and the House of Endless Losses

Carina Nandlal



Chapter 4. Death and Fulfillment: Mortuary Performance and the Impact on Self

Kalliopi M Christodoulaki



Part III: Confronting Death



Chapter 5. Crossroads: Life and Death in Indiana

Aubrey Thamann



Chapter 6. “What has the field done to you?” Researching Death, Dying, and Bereavement between Closeness and Distance

Ekkehard Coenen



Chapter 7. The Historical Study of Death & Dying: The Intersection of Familial Stories and Catholic Rituals

Sarah Nytroe



Part IV: Memorialization



Chapter 8. Touch ‘Em All: Memorializing Harmon Killebrew

Debbie Hanson



Chapter 9. After Life: Laying Flower Memes on My Mother’s Grave and the Recollective Realm of Life after Death

Olivia Guntarik and Claudia Bellote



Chapter 10. A Monumental Problem: Memorializing the Jonestown Dead

Rebecca Moore



Chapter 11. Long Live Chill #LLC: Exploring Grief, Memorial, & Ritual in African American R.I.P. T-shirt Culture

Kami Fletcher



Conclusion

Kalliopi M Christodoulaki and Aubrey Thamann



Index