Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of mortuary practices in the 1990s, this is an intriguing book which takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death today.
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Mary Bradbury is a researcher and freelance lecturer. She is currently training at the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London.
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Vendeur : COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, Etats-Unis
PAPERBACK. Paperback edition. 227pp. 8vo in wraps. Cover wear, ink notes throughout. Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 120660
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Vendeur : Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 227 pp., illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction: an analysis of contemporary deathways; 1 The study of death: a social psychological approach; 2 Researching death: an urban ethnography; 3 Medicine and bureaucracy; 4 Commerce and ritual; 5 The body; 6 Social representations of death; 7 Social representations of loss; 8 Re-presenting death; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Subjects; Undertakers and undertaking. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Bereavement. Anthropology. Social sciences. Death Psychological aspects. Culture. Emotions. Medical care. Ethnology. Diseases. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 385987
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 227 pp., illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction: an analysis of contemporary deathways; 1 The study of death: a social psychological approach; 2 Researching death: an urban ethnography; 3 Medicine and bureaucracy; 4 Commerce and ritual; 5 The body; 6 Social representations of death; 7 Social representations of loss; 8 Re-presenting death; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Subjects; Undertakers and undertaking. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Bereavement. Anthropology. Social sciences. Death Psychological aspects. Culture. Emotions. Medical care. Ethnology. Diseases. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 385987
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Vendeur : GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : Majestic Books, Hounslow, Royaume-Uni
Etat : New. pp. 256 This item is printed on demand. N° de réf. du vendeur 7538062
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Vendeur : California Books, Miami, FL, Etats-Unis
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