GRIEF, MOURNING AND DEATH RITUAL by Jenny Hockey (Editor), Jeanne Samson Katz (Editor), Neil Small (Editor) ( 9780335205028 )

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Title:

GRIEF, MOURNING AND DEATH RITUAL

By:

Jenny Hockey (Editor), Jeanne Samson Katz (Editor), Neil Small (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

033520502X

ISBN 13:

9780335205028

Publisher:

OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 February, 2001

Series:

Facing Death

Pages:

304

Description:

This work focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social theory and anthropology, contributors examine responses to death as they occur within the set of cultural, social and historical circumstances which characterize post-war society.

Synopsis:

This book focuses on what happens after a death has taken place. Drawing on social theory and anthropology, contributors examine responses to death as they occur within the unique set of cultural, social and historical circumstances which characterizes post-war society. The book does not just document and make sense of contemporary practices but also critically reviews the ways grief, mourning and death ritual have been approached by academics and practitioners in the field. It does this by combining substantial reviews with shorter illustrative examples of grief, mourning and death ritual as they are manifest in specific settings and with defined groups. These illustrative examples include personal and institutional responses to death at different points in the life cycle, and responses to different sorts of death - the death of children and death in disasters for example. The examples include commentaries on bereavement work and on changes in both the funeral industry and memorialization practices.

Illustrations:

index

Publication:

Imprint:

Open University Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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