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The Changing Face of Death - Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,869
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The Changing Face of Death - Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal (Hardcover): Glennys Howarth, Peter C. Jupp

The Changing Face of Death - Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal (Hardcover)

Glennys Howarth, Peter C. Jupp

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The taboo on death is at last breaking down. There is far greater receptivity to informed discussion about death and dying. Dying with dignity is one major issue: euthanasia and the 'natural death movement' are the latest stages in a debate first stimulated by the hospice movement. Media treatment of the bereaved, especially after disasters, has attracted some adverse criticism, yet after the decline of traditional customs of mourning, people seek new models of acceptable behaviour at a time of death. The book argues that attitudes to death and to disposal are culturally formed and examines the factors in the formation and decline of such attitudes by analysing specific issues over four centuries of death.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 1997
First published: 1997
Editors: Glennys Howarth • Peter C. Jupp
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-63863-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > General
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LSN: 0-333-63863-8
Barcode: 9780333638637

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