(Inter)Facing Death: Life in Global Uncertainty

by Sam Han

Book Overview

In modern times, death is understood to have undergone a transformation not unlike religion. Whereas in the past it was out in the open, it now resides mostly in specialized spaces of sequestration--funeral homes, hospitals and other medical facilities. A mainstay in so-called traditional societies in the form of ritual practices, death was usually messy but meaningful, with the questions of what happens to the dead or where they go lying at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138214108
• ISBN13: 9781138214101
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"