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American Afterlives - Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century
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American Afterlives - Reinventing Death in the Twenty-First Century
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A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face
of death in contemporary life Death in the United States is
undergoing a quiet revolution. You can have your body frozen,
dissected, composted, dissolved, or tanned. Your family can
incorporate your remains into jewelry, shotgun shells,
paperweights, and artwork. Cremations have more than doubled, and
DIY home funerals and green burials are on the rise. American
Afterlives is Shannon Lee Dawdy’s lyrical and compassionate
account of changing death practices in America as people face their
own mortality and search for a different kind of afterlife. As an
anthropologist and archaeologist, Dawdy knows that how a society
treats its dead yields powerful clues about its beliefs and values.
As someone who has experienced loss herself, she knows there is no
way to tell this story without also reexamining her own views about
death and dying. In this meditative and gently humorous book, Dawdy
embarks on a transformative journey across the United States,
talking to funeral directors, death-care entrepreneurs, designers,
cemetery owners, death doulas, and ordinary people from all walks
of life. What she discovers is that, by reinventing death,
Americans are reworking their ideas about personhood, ritual, and
connection across generations. She also confronts the seeming
contradiction that American death is becoming at the same time more
materialistic and more spiritual. Written in conjunction with a
documentary film project, American Afterlives features images by
cinematographer Daniel Zox that provide their own testament to our
rapidly changing attitudes toward death and the afterlife.
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Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Shannon Lee Dawdy
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-25470-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-691-25470-2 |
Barcode: |
9780691254708 |
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