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Death, Dying, Culture

This inter- and multi-disciplinary volume examines how culture impacts care for the dying, the overall experience of dying, and ways the dead are remembered. Over the past three decades, scholarship in thanatology has increased dramatically. This text localizes a broad array of perspectives that res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steffen, Lloyd
Otros Autores: Hinerman, Nate
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This inter- and multi-disciplinary volume examines how culture impacts care for the dying, the overall experience of dying, and ways the dead are remembered. Over the past three decades, scholarship in thanatology has increased dramatically. This text localizes a broad array of perspectives that research, analyze, and interpret the many interrelations and interactions that exist between death and culture. Culture not only presents and portrays ideas about 'a good death' and norms that seek to achieve it, but culture also operates as both a vehicle and medium through which meaning about death is communicated and understood. Sadly, too, culture sometimes facilitates death through violence.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (233 p.)
ISBN:9781848881730
1848881738