Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal by Glennys Howarth

Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal by Glennys Howarth

This book utilises a dynamic analysis of mortality to acknowledge shifts of emphasis in cultural and religious traditions. A central concern is the diversity of representations of death to be found within the varying cultural, religious, medical and legal systems of contemporary western societies. Since the construction of death mores has social implications, a major element of the book is an examination of the way in which groups and individuals employ specific representations of mortality in order to generate meaning and purpose for life and death.

MARGARET ARCHER Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick ROHIT BAROT Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bristol SYLVIA COLLINS Lecturer in Sociology, Kingston University PINK DANDELION Associate Director, Centre for Wuaker Studies, University of Sunderland CHRISTIE DAVIES Professor of Sociology, University of Reading PAUL HEELAS Professor of Religion and Modernity, Lancaster University DAVID HERBERT Staff Tutor in Arts, with reference to Religious Studies, Open University JESSICA LINDOF Postgraduate Student, Centre for the Study of Theology, Literature and the Arts, University of Glasgow PETER MCMYLOR Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester MARK NEAL Lecturer in Organisation Studies, University of Aston KEITH TESTER Professor of Social Theory, University of Portsmouth W.WATTS MILLER Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bristol.

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ISBN 13	9781349243051
ISBN 10	1349243051
Title	Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal
Author	Glennys Howarth
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1996-01-01
Number of pages	225
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