Sociology: death & dying books

Examines depictions of grief in the Middle Ages by exploring how grief relates to gender and identity, as well as...  Read More >>

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Built on original ethnographic research, this book offers a comprehensive account of funerary history and practices...  Read More >>

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Gigi hit rock bottom after an emotionally devastating turn of events. The perfectionism that once served her became...  Read More >>

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The fourth edition of Dying and Death in Canada explores how the intensely personal experience of dying and death...  Read More >>

Stupendo the dog has died. But that's just the beginning of his story.  Read More >>

This unique volume examines death from a socio-cultural events perspective. Drawing on the empirical and conceptual...  Read More >>

The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones,...  Read More >>

The Silence Of Your Name tracks one woman's journey from her young husband's unexpected suicide during their trip...  Read More >>

The disturbing experience of psychological infanticide reflects the darkest aspect of the wounding of the Sacred...  Read More >>

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Between the contents of their home, the stock from their North Carolina antiques shop, and the ephemera of two lives...  Read More >>

""Man, you know I got you!"" is said between the lines so many times, but we want to rip it from the page and plaster...  Read More >>

Gail Griffin had only been married for four months when her husband's body was found in the Manistee River, just...  Read More >>

This is a father and son story that weaves through an era of tumultuous social change toward a lifetime of healing....  Read More >>

A marvellously macabre look at how some of the world's favourite historical figures got even more interesting past...  Read More >>

Trata de compartir con el lector, su posicion sobre la crisis de gobernabilidad de Haiti y su repercucion en la...  Read More >>

In the early 2000s, Elliott Smith was a rising Indie music star, a multi-instrumentalist with a drug habit and a...  Read More >>

A behind-the-scenes look at morticians and funeral directors' most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply...  Read More >>

A behind-the-scenes look at morticians and funeral directors' most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply...  Read More >>

Presents a new collection of accounts from actual undertakers--including tales of slapstick humor, wild coincidences,...  Read More >>

Presents a new collection of accounts from actual undertakers--including tales of slapstick humor, wild coincidences,...  Read More >>