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Grapepark Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Extensions of the body of a ceremony
I can't get the meaning of the bold part of this sentence:
We explore memory through the material objects
that acquire meanings and resonances through embodied practice –
such as the wearing of mourning attire, or the ritualized writing of
wills, together with the material objects that come to represent or form
extensions of the body– from funeral effigies to photographs.
what does "the extensions of a ceremony" mean?
We explore memory through the material objects
that acquire meanings and resonances through embodied practice –
such as the wearing of mourning attire, or the ritualized writing of
wills, together with the material objects that come to represent or form
extensions of the body– from funeral effigies to photographs.
what does "the extensions of a ceremony" mean?
Top answer
Your question is misleading because you have changed a word from the bold . Extensions of the body here refer to things very closely associated with the body (the person), that is things and ideas but not people.
- Your question is misleading because you have changed a word from the bold .
- Extensions of the body here refer to things very closely associated with the body (the person), that is things and ideas but not people.
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Your question is misleading because you have changed a word from the bold. Extensions of the body here refer to things very closely associated with the body (the person), that is things and ideas but not people.
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Thanks a lot.
So would you please tell me what the sentence means. If "body" refers to "the dead person", then i have more difficulty for translating it. What is it saying?
So would you please tell me what the sentence means. If "body" refers to "the dead person", then i have more difficulty for translating it. What is it saying?
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No, it doesn't mean "dead person". It's the things that are very closely associated with the person (excluding relatives, friends and people in general.) My possessions are so precious to me that they are like extensions of my person(ality). I hope this helps.
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An effigy is simply an image representing a person. Here, probably photos or rememberences at a ceremony noting the death of someone.
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