The Changing Face of Death: Historical Accounts of Death and Disposal - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349253022 ISBN 13 : 9781349253029

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Synopsis

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349253022
• ISBN 13: 9781349253029
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Éditeur: Howarth Glennys, Jupp Peter C.
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