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Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal

Peter C Jupp author Glennys Howarth editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '96

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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 purpose for life and death.

ISBN: 9781349243051

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

225 pages

1st ed. 1996