Last rites: the work of the modern funeral director
Auteur :
Howarth, Glennys
Éditeur :
Baywood Publishing Company Inc
ISBN :
9780895033451
Date de publication :
15 juin 1996
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.