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Author Green, James W

Title Beyond the good death : the anthropology of modern dying / James W. Green
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages)
Series EBL-Schweitzer
Contents Getting dead -- Exit strategies -- The body as relic -- Soulscapes -- Passing it on -- In our hearts forever -- The future of death
Summary Exploring the shaping of modern end-of-life experiences by medical, demographic, and cultural trends, James Green provides an important interpretation of the political nature of death and of the ways in which Americans react when death is at hand for themselves or for those they care about
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Death -- Social aspects -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Death -- Psychological aspects
Death -- Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812202076
0812202074