The Craft of Dying, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Modern Face of Death

by Lyn H. Lofland

Book Overview

The fortieth-anniversary edition of a classic and prescient work on death and dying.

Much of today's literature on end-of-life issues overlooks the importance of 1970s social movements in shaping our understanding of death, dying, and the dead body. This anniversary edition of Lyn Lofland's The Craft of Dying begins to repair this omission. Lofland identifies, critiques, and theorizes 1970s death movements, including the Death Acceptance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262537346
• ISBN13: 9780262537346
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.9"