In Western culture, the display of the deceased at a wake tends to reinforce the metaphor of rest--the body is lying down, eyes closed and fully clothed, as if napping on a couch until resurrection. Culture and the relation between technology and identity are, however, evolving, as evidenced by the above video from Puerto Rico, where a funeral home placed the embalmed body of twenty-two-year-old shooting victim David Morales Colon on his motorcycle in full riding gear.
Freeway to heaven - Man on Motorcycle at Wake
By Jeff Trexler on April 28, 2010 2:36 PM
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