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

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators, participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West and explores new spaces for mourning - including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan, a candlelit Mexican cemetery, and America's only open-air pyre. In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with 'dignity' and reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals.

General

Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2019
Authors:	Caitlin Doughty
Illustrators:	Landis Blair
Dimensions:	196 x 128 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4746-0653-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	1-4746-0653-9
Barcode:	9781474606530

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