Managing Death: International Perspectives

by Gerry R. Cox and Neil Thompson

Book Overview

There is a huge collection of literature relating to death, grief and bereavement, but one aspect that has received relatively little attention is that of death management practices (by which we mean the various ways of managing the circumstances of the death, ritually acknowledging it and sensitively handling the disposal of the body and so on). While ways of disposing of the dead and grief practices have been thought of as based upon individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031055586
• ISBN13: 9783031055584
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"