Death and Dying in AmericaISBN: 978-0-7456-3914-7
Hardcover
220 pages
July 2009, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Takes a fresh approach to the processes and rituals surrounding
death and dying in America.
Relates various elements of death and dying to economic and social inequality, and to American consumerist culture.
Covers a wide range of compelling topics such as deaths resulting from war and terrorism, children’s perspectives on death and dying, beliefs in life after death and practical issues such as the disposal of the body.
Emphasizes individual experiences and personal reactions to death as well as placing mortality within wider social and theoretical frameworks.