Do funerals matter? : the purposes and practices of death rituals in global perspective /

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Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers, co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoy, William G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2013.
Temas:
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Burial.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Death > Social aspects.
Group identity.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies.
Sépulture.
Restes humains (Archéologie)
Mort > Aspect social.
Identité collective.
funerals.
group identity.
Burial
Death > Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Group identity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Funerals : where we have been and where we are going
  • 2. More treasured than words : the anchor of Significant symbols
  • 3. Getting everybody together : the anchor of Gathered community
  • 4. Walk out what you can't talk out : the anchor of Ritual action
  • 5. Looking back to look forward : the anchor of Cultural heritage
  • 6. Taking the dead to the party : the anchor of the Body's presence
  • 7. North American quests to personalize funeral rituals
  • 8. The business of funerals
  • 9. Clinical perspectives on the value of funerals
  • 10. Farther down the road : using ritual in grief counseling.

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