Last Rites

The Work of the Modern Funeral Director

Glennys Howarth (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-45704-1 (ISBN)

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Provides a unique tableau of the funeral director's world. As such, it is a contribution to the growing literature on death and dying. Like the study of deviance which aids understanding of the norms of society, the sociology of death uncovers many insights into the very structures and patterns which shape life.

First Published in 2017. This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.

Glennys Howarth

Introduction CHAPTER 1 Modern Death Rituals and the Undertaker CHAPTER 2 The Business of Funeral Directing CHAPTER 3 Funeral Directing in Easton CHAPTER 4 Becoming an Undertaker CHAPTER 5 The Contaminated Corpse CHAPTER 6 Making Arrangements CHAPTER 7 Humanizing the Body CHAPTER 8 The Funeral Ceremony CONCLUSION: The Undertaker: Past, Present, and Future Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-138-45704-3 / 1138457043
ISBN-13	978-1-138-45704-1 / 9781138457041
Zustand	Neuware