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Assisted dying : an ethnographic murder mystery on Florida's gold coast /
Assisted Dying is an ethnographically based murder mystery that uses the unexplained deaths of elderly people on Florida's Gold Coast as a way of examining American cultural values. Diversity, immigration and the American Dream, aging, retirement, death, and dying are just some of the issues th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
AltaMira Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Assisted Dying is an ethnographically based murder mystery that uses the unexplained deaths of elderly people on Florida's Gold Coast as a way of examining American cultural values. Diversity, immigration and the American Dream, aging, retirement, death, and dying are just some of the issues that are illuminated. Cultural anthropologist Julie Norman is drawn deeper into the mystery when her aunt becomes the latest victim. Julie's ethnographic methodology and cultural perspectives, her previous involvement in a murder case recounted in The Gift of a Bride: A Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780759119963 0759119961 1283066556 9781283066556 9786613066558 6613066559 |