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Death in the Early Twenty-First Century
. Ed(S): Long, Susan Orpett; Kan, Sergei
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Description for Death in the Early Twenty-First Century
Hardback. Editor(s): Long, Susan Orpett; Kan, Sergei. Num Pages: 330 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Focusing on tradition, technology, and authority, this volume challenges classical understandings that mortuary rites are inherently conservative. The contributors examine innovative and enduring ideas and practices of death, which reflect and constitute changing patterns of social relationships, memorialisation, and the afterlife. This cross-cultural study examines the lived experiences of men and women from societies across the globe with diverse religious heritages and secular value systems. The book demonstrates that mortuary practices are not fixed forms, but rather dynamic processes negotiated by the dying, the bereaved, funeral experts, and public institutions. In addition to offering a new theoretical perspective on the ... Read more
Focusing on tradition, technology, and authority, this volume challenges classical understandings that mortuary rites are inherently conservative. The contributors examine innovative and enduring ideas and practices of death, which reflect and constitute changing patterns of social relationships, memorialisation, and the afterlife. This cross-cultural study examines the lived experiences of men and women from societies across the globe with diverse religious heritages and secular value systems. The book demonstrates that mortuary practices are not fixed forms, but rather dynamic processes negotiated by the dying, the bereaved, funeral experts, and public institutions. In addition to offering a new theoretical perspective on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319523644
SKU
V9783319523644
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Long, Susan Orpett; Kan, Sergei
Sébastien Penmellen Boret is an anthropologist at the International Research Institute of Disaster Sciences of Tohoku University, Japan. Susan Orpett Long is Professor of Anthropology at John Carroll University, USA. Sergei Kan is Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies at Dartmouth College, USA.
Reviews for Death in the Early Twenty-First Century
“This book is an analysis of how this generation views death and the remembering of those who have left this earth through death. … This was a very interesting book with different perspectives on death.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, January, 2018)