Representations of death : a social psychological perspective /
Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of mortuary practices in the 1990s, this is an intriguing book which takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death today.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Representations of Death A social phychogical perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of photographs; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: an analysis of contemporary deathways; 1 The study of death: a social psychological approach; 2 Researching death: an urban ethnography; 3 Medicine and bureaucracy; 4 Commerce and ritual; 5 The body; 6 Social representations of death; 7 Social representations of loss; 8 Re-presenting death; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.