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

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TitleAncestors : who we are and where we come from / David Hertzel.DescriptionEveryone - in every place and culture - has ancestors. 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. David Hertzel draws on his interviews with more than thirty people from a variety of cultural backgrounds across the United States and around the world to provide an engaging foray into the nature of relationships between people today and their ancestors, exploring the significance of ancestry and ancestral belief in our modern world.Personal authorHertzel, David, authorImprintLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield. a ... subsidiary of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2017]LanguageEnglishDate2017Collationvii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN9781538104361 (cloth alk paper)Bib. formatBooksNotesIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.

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Library of Congress (keywords)Genealogy -- InterviewsGenealogy -- Cross-cultural studiesFamilies -- Philosophy -- InterviewsFamilies -- Philosophy -- Cross-cultural studies

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