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- 008 120822s2013 enka b 001 0 eng
- 016 7_ |a 016076422 |2 Uk
- 020 __ |a 9780230224513 (hardback)
- 020 __ |a 0230224512 (hardback)
- 020 __ |a 9780230224520 (paperback)
- 020 __ |a 0230224520 (paperback)
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- 050 00 |a HQ1073 |b .M378 2013
- 099 __ |a CAL 022013051535
- 245 10 |a Death in a global age / |c Ruth McManus.
- 260 __ |a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; |a New York : |b Palgrave Macmillan, |c 2013.
- 300 __ |a xii, 268 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm.
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.
- 520 __ |a "Attitudes towards dying are informed by our social lives. This book explores death across different cultures, examining areas including grief and religion, life expectancy and representation. Introducing students to key debates in the field, this book shows how approaches to death are being radically reshaped in an increasingly globalized world."--Publisher's website.
- 505 0_ |a Introduction: Death is Integral to Life -- Perspectives and Theories on Death and Dying -- The Social Organisation of Dying and Death: A New Paradigm Emerges -- Patterns in Life and Death: Shifting Demographic Trends Re-Shape Life Expectancies -- The Death Industries: Bespoke My Death -- Funerary Rites: A Decent Send-Off -- Grief -- Mass Death: Global Imaginaries -- Religion: The De-Secularisation of Spiritual Life and Death? -- Representations Of Mortality: Watching Real Death Is Good? -- Conclusion: Death in a Global Age.
- 650 _0 |a Death |x Social aspects.
- 650 _0 |a Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- 950 __ |a SCNU |f C913.9/M167