The Death Café Movement: Exploring the Horizons of Mortality
Jack Fong
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Description for The Death Café Movement: Exploring the Horizons of Mortality
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Cafe, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks of life who engage in death talk over coffee, tea, and desserts. Using insightful theoretical frameworks, Fong explores the common themes that constitute a death identity and reveals how Cafe attendees are inspired to live in light of death because of death. Fong examines how the participants' embrace of self-sovereignty and confrontation of mortality revive their awareness of and appreciation for shared humanity. While divisive identity politics continue to foster neo-tribalisms and the construction of myriad others, ... Read more
This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Cafe, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks of life who engage in death talk over coffee, tea, and desserts. Using insightful theoretical frameworks, Fong explores the common themes that constitute a death identity and reveals how Cafe attendees are inspired to live in light of death because of death. Fong examines how the participants' embrace of self-sovereignty and confrontation of mortality revive their awareness of and appreciation for shared humanity. While divisive identity politics continue to foster neo-tribalisms and the construction of myriad others, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319542553
SKU
V9783319542553
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About Jack Fong
Jack Fong is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA.
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