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Preferred term

funerals/corpses  

Definition(s)

  • Human corpses are treated as garbage only in exceptional circumstances. Ritualized disposal of human cadavers is standard fare around the globe and has been so since the beginning of humanity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Funerals/Corpses]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DDJP1Z26-M

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