The Matter of Death - Space, Place and Materiality (Hardcover)

This stimulating and thought-provoking book is focused on the various spaces, places and material culture with which people come into contact when dealing with death. It covers the disciplinary perspectives of anthropology, history, sociology and theology and its scope, ranges across the spaces in hospitals where death occurs, to the spaces in which bodies are viewed after death; considers the political nature of memorialising activities, and the therapeutic value of visiting places of death, for example after suicide. The chapters provide rich and current data from a large number of recent UK-based and international projects that examine various forms of death, dying and bereavement, providing insight into the different ways in which dying and bereaved people interact with the environment around them, and 'the matter' of death

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	J Hockey • C. Komaromy • K. Woodthorpe
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-22416-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
LSN:	0-230-22416-4
Barcode:	9780230224162

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