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Constructing Death - The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement (Hardcover, New)
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Constructing Death - The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement (Hardcover, New)
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A basic motivation for social and cultural life is the problem of
death. By analysing the experiences of dying and bereaved people,
as well as institutional responses to death, Clive Seale shows its
importance for understanding the place of embodiment in social
life. He draws on a comprehensive review of sociological,
anthropological and historical studies, including his own research,
to demonstrate the great variability that exists in human social
constructions for managing mortality. Far from living in a 'death
denying' society, dying and bereaved people in contemporary culture
are often able to assert membership of an imagined community,
through the narrative reconstruction of personal biography, drawing
on a variety of cultural scripts emanating from medicine,
psychology, the media and other sources. These insights are used to
argue that the maintenance of the human social bond in the face of
death is a continual resurrective practice, permeating everyday
life.
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