Sociology: death & dying books

In these analyses of 20th century cinema , Russell reveals an uneasy relationship between death and closure, which...  Read More >>

Combining photographs with stories and analysis, this text documents the traditions of cemetery art as found throughout...  Read More >>

Carol Brunner Rutledge's diary of the three months preceding the death of her mother Alice, whose entire life was...  Read More >>

Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women accorded them...  Read More >>

Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women accorded them...  Read More >>

Explains the processes behind bereavement. The author confronts the problems of bereavement and explains how, although...  Read More >>

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Since the end of the last Ice Age, ten thousand or so years ago, over the period which we know as 'History', about...  Read More >>

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Suicide, and how civilized people should respond to it, is an increasingly controversial topic in modern society...  Read More >>

Through readings of elegies, self-elegies, war poems and the blues, this book covers a wide range of poets, including...  Read More >>

Georges Bataille (1867-1962) is widely recognized as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

Georges Bataille (1867-1962) is widely recognized as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

What is death? Do people survive death? What do we mean when we say that someone is ""dying""? Presenting a clear...  Read More >>

The art of dying and the posthumous journey of the soul have been the subject of extensive literature in many cultures....  Read More >>

James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia,...  Read More >>

Based on the belief that sermons can reflect the values and feelings of their times, this analysis of more than...  Read More >>

It is estimated that there are 60,000 excess Black American deaths annually compared with White Americans.  Read More >>

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Contributors are Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Regina Barreca, Elisabeth Bronfen, Carol Christ, Sander Gilman, Sarah...  Read More >>

Offers an overview of the funeral home business. This title provides information needed by consumers, legal advisors,...  Read More >>

In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology,...  Read More >>

This standard work in thanatology is updated with ten essays new to the second edition, and features a new introduction...  Read More >>

<p>Kaja Finkler explores the relationship between patterns of social interaction, cultural expectations, and gender...  Read More >>