Sociology: death and dying

'This book is a breath of fresh air.

'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY'Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and boundless curiosity' THE TIMES'As suspenseful and pacy as an episode of peak-era ER' GUARDIANA near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death-and what might follow-by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.

Wir alle wurden geboren, wir alle werden sterben.

Addressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life's most critical point, Time of Death takes a thoughtful sociological approach to questions about how humans use and experience time in relation to when someone dies.

An entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture that reveals the fascinating and gruesome ways the Victorians revered, feared and exploited death.

Addressing a gap in social science research to explore the meanings, understandings, and experiences of time at life's most critical point, Time of Death takes a thoughtful sociological approach to questions about how humans use and experience time in relation to when someone dies.

The one thing we all have to deal with at some time in our lives is the death of someone we love.

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Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries.

Refreshingly forthright New York Times | Extraordinary Laura Lynne Jackson | Beautifully written Katy Butler | Tender and transformative Christie Tate | Meaningful and sublime Theresa BrownWhat can life s final moments teach us about living well today?

Evocative Sarah Perry Immersive Katherine May Profoundly moving Mark HaddonDiscover Catherine Coldstream s compelling account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery.

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

This study concentrates on the discourses around animal death in arts and the ways they changed over time.

This study concentrates on the discourses around animal death in arts and the ways they changed over time.

Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries.

An entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture that reveals the fascinating and gruesome ways the Victorians revered, feared and exploited death.

'Heartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure.

'Enthralling and packed with insights.

»Nichts konfrontiert uns so sehr mit dem Leben wie der Tod.

Thousands, perhaps millions, of people have had near-death experiences (NDEs).

'Dr Chloe helped me understand how to grieve and keep living, how to find the light in the darkest of days.

'There is no aspect of Victorian death that does not make it into Judith Flanders's latest investigation into 19th-century life' - The Sunday Times'Flanders writes with sharp intelligence and first-class scholarly attention to detail' - The TelegraphIn Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, and occasionally - to modern eyes - bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain.

Steigende Ansteckungszahlen mit Syphilis und Gonorrhoe im und nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg waren in vielen Ländern Europas und Nordamerikas Anlass für Aufklärungskampagnen.

Through a range of case studies, this book traces how death shaped cities, and vice versa.

"e;you start every new day with an inventory: a moth, a cape, a parachute, a coffin, a gun, the wall you built to mount the gun.

Thousands, perhaps millions, of people have had near-death experiences (NDEs).

Bestattungskultur und Trauerprozesse verändern sich.

For many, a mummy is an Egyptian pharaoh, wrapped in cloth, found thousands of years later in a pyramid by archaeologists.

The 13th edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as individuals and as members of society.

A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement.

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself.

ACT at the End is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and while it has a grounding in research, it is also a hands-on clinical guide for those working with people at a tricky and complex time of life.

Death is the one certainty in life, yet, with the decline of religion in the West, we have become collectively reluctant to talk about it.

Playwright Naomi Westerman was an anthropology grad student studying death rituals around the world when her whole family died, turning death from the academic to the deeply personal.

To date, mourning has not featured prominently in studies of ancient Roman society, and this book redresses this by presenting a comprehensive analysis of who mourners were and what mourners did, as well as investigating the social, cultural and ritual significance of mourning.

A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement.

Im vorliegenden Werk mit dem Titel ›Die Erfindung der Sklaverei‹ entfaltet der Autor eine fesselnde Analyse, die den Ursprung und die Entwicklung der Sklaverei in verschiedenen Gesellschaften kritisch beleuchtet.

ACT at the End is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and while it has a grounding in research, it is also a hands-on clinical guide for those working with people at a tricky and complex time of life.

The culture of burial and mourning is presently in a state of flux.

Contemporary audiences are often shocked to learn that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, medical students around the world posed for photographic portraits with their cadavers; a genre known as dissection photography.