Welcome to Loot.co.za! Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search

Checkout
- Your Cart Price

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying

Buy Now

From Here to Eternity - Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback) Loot Price: R349

Discovery Miles 3 490

Add to cart

From Here to Eternity - Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback): Caitlin Doughty

From Here to Eternity - Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)

Caitlin Doughty; Illustrated by Landis Blair

(sign in to rate)

Loot Price R349 Discovery Miles 3 490

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Description
Details
Customer Reviews

Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry-especially chemical embalming-and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
Authors:	Caitlin Doughty
Illustrators:	Landis Blair
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	257
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-35628-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-35628-0
Barcode:	9780393356281