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Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal

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Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal - Howarth, Glennys (Editor), and Jupp, Peter C
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This book utilises a dynamic analysis of mortality to acknowledge shifts of emphasis in cultural and religious traditions. A central concern is the diversity of representations of death to be found within the varying cultural, religious, medical and legal systems of contemporary western societies. Since the construction of death mores has social implications, a major element of the book is an examination of the way in which groups and individuals employ specific representations of mortality in order to generate meaning and ...

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Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal 1996, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9781349243051

1996 edition

Trade paperback

Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal 1995, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

ISBN-13: 9780333638620

Hardcover

Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal 1995, Palgrave MacMillan, London

ISBN-13: 9780312127428

1996 edition

Hardcover