Sociology: death and dying

"e;Occasionally I read a book and say to myself that this is a book that I wished I had written.

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race.

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race.

"e;A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.

"e;A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.

"e;A compelling account of the zombi as an anthropological reality and evocative symbol of a state of dispossession, desperation, and death.

No one who reads this book will ever again think of his or her own death in the same way.

The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States.

All human beings encounter loss and death, as well as the grief associated with these experiences.

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.

A compassionate, honest, and illuminating look at the dying process .

The issue of death has loomed large in Chinese cities in the modern era.

All human beings encounter loss and death, as well as the grief associated with these experiences.

"e;I found this book to be a well-written, sensitively presented, and important resource for those engaged in this critical area of work.

"e;I am learning the alchemy of grief-how it must be carefully measured and doled out, inflicted-but I have not yet mastered this art,"e; writes Judith Ortiz Cofer in The Cruel Country.

Delivers the collective wisdom of foremost scholars and practitioners in the death and dying movement from its inception to the present.

The first in-depth study of its subject, this book seeks to account for a type of modernist film that revolves around bereavement.

Virginia's capital city knew poverty, injustice, slavery, vagrancy, substandard working conditions, street crimes, brutality, unsanitary conditions, and pandemics.

A mention of mummification immediately brings to mind the ancient Egyptians--but the Roman Catholic Church has long used the practice to preserve notable members of its faith.

Throughout the ages, the mysteries of what happens when we die and the nature of the human mind have fascinated us.

This reference work contains details of all the crimes resulting in executions in the fifteen western American territories.

This updated edition of the 1992 reference work ("e;exhaustive.

This work brings together a unique range of sources to reveal a forgotten episode in London's history.

Featuring over 1,200 topical entries arranged alphabetically, this encyclopedia provides diverse and detailed coverage of the related subjects of reincarnation and karma.

Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling.

This is a biography of the controversial and flamboyant nineteenth century doctor Francis Tumblety.

A powerful, behind-the-scenes look at some of America's all-time favorite television programs during their darkest hours, this study examines how various hit series have absorbed the death of a lead actor during production.

Awareness of mortality is the price of intelligent consciousness.

An intimate analysis of the motives for suicide, set amidst the crises of the twentieth century.

In Sorrows of a Century, John Weaver describes how personal relationships, work, poverty, war, illness, and legal troubles have driven thousands to despair.

A reasoned, passionate, and wide-ranging enquiry into the euthanasia debate and its consequences for individuals and society.

Death Talk asks why, when our society has rejected euthanasia for over two thousand years, are we now considering legalizing it?

This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "e;naming"e; has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies.

This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "e;naming"e; has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies.

In "e;A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying"e; Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, a physician and a clinical psychologist with many years of experience, offer insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others become more aware of the different stages in the dying process and learn how to communicate more effectively with patients and their families.

Dorais and Lajeunesse analyse the adverse ways being stigmatized as homosexual affects personality and behaviour, discerning four types of reaction: the 'perfect boy,' whose perfectionism and asexuality are an attempt to minimize the difference between how he is perceived and what he is supposed to be; the 'chameleon,' who attempts to keep everyone from suspecting his secret but constantly feels like an impostor; the 'token fag,' who serves as a scapegoat to his peers, especially at school, and suffers a consequent rejection and lack of self-esteem; and the 'rebel,' who actively rejects any stigma based on his sexual orientation and non-conformity.

In Cancer Stories five people share their journeys, their stories, and the suffering they faced before their deaths.

Fondé en 1852, le cimetière Mont-Royal est depuis longtemps un espace public cher aux Montréalais.

Respectable Burial also highlights how important a role Montreal played in Canada's history.

This work recounts the lives and deaths of athletes who departed the world suddenly and without warning during their playing careers.

A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary lifeDeath in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution.

Institutions play a crucial role in shaping experiences of end-of-life care, dying, death, body disposal and bereavement.

**PRE-ORDER NOW: MURDER ISN'T EASY: THE FORENSICS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, THE FASCINATING NEW BOOK BY CARLA VALENTINE**'Part memoir and part manifesto, Valentine's book lifts the lid on daily life in the mortuary .

What drives a person to take his or her own life?

In this book, Janet Todd, one of the leading authorities on seventeenth- and eighteenth century women writers, discusses gender issues from the Restoration to Romanticism investigating women authors and the fascination with culturally privileged art and with heroic death.

Zygmunt Bauman's new book is a brilliant exploration, from a sociological point of view, of the 'taboo' subject in modern societies: death and dying.

John Birmingham's father died.

Winner: Richard B.

A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary lifeDeath in the United States is undergoing a quiet revolution.

A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working classDeaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives.