Endings : a sociology of death and dying /
Kearl, Michael C.
Endings : a sociology of death and dying / Michael C. Kearl. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (xix, 521 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Death's Revelations of Life; 2. What Death Means: Death in Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspective; 3. Death's Impacts on Society; 4. How We Die: The Social Stratification of Death; 5. Death and Religion; 6. Secular Perspectives on Death; 7. Death and Work; 8. The Politics of Death; 9. Death and the Military Experience; 10. Death in Popular Culture; 11. Death and the Medical System; 12. Death and the Individual: The Social Psychology of Dying and Surviving; Index.
Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, the author draws on a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death.
1601296282 9781601296283 9780199725885 (electronic bk.) 0199725888 (electronic bk.) 9780195045154 (alk. paper) 0195045157 (alk. paper) 128043967X 9781280439674 9786610439676 6610439672 (alk. paper)
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GB9139064 bnb
BA07956904 JP-ToKJK 019-50451 Uk
Death--Social aspects.
Death--Cross-cultural studies.
Life cycle, Human--Social aspects.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Death.
Attitude to Death
Death
Mort--Aspect social.
Mort--Études transculturelles.
Étapes de la vie--Aspect social.
Mort--Aspect psychologique.
Mort.
deaths.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Death.
Death--Social aspects.
Life cycle, Human--Social aspects.
Kulturvergleich
Lebenslauf
Soziologie
Sterben
Tod
Dood.
Sociale aspecten.
Śmierć--antropologia społeczna.
Śmierć--antropologia społeczna--Stany Zjednoczone.
Śmierć--socjologia.
Śmierć--socjologia--Stany Zjednoczone.
Humans Death
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
HQ1073 / .K43 1989eb
306/.9
393
BF 789.D4 / K248e 1989
Endings : a sociology of death and dying / Michael C. Kearl. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 1 online resource (xix, 521 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Death's Revelations of Life; 2. What Death Means: Death in Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspective; 3. Death's Impacts on Society; 4. How We Die: The Social Stratification of Death; 5. Death and Religion; 6. Secular Perspectives on Death; 7. Death and Work; 8. The Politics of Death; 9. Death and the Military Experience; 10. Death in Popular Culture; 11. Death and the Medical System; 12. Death and the Individual: The Social Psychology of Dying and Surviving; Index.
Arguing that death is the central force shaping our social life and order, the author draws on a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad sociological perspective on the interrelationships of life and death.
1601296282 9781601296283 9780199725885 (electronic bk.) 0199725888 (electronic bk.) 9780195045154 (alk. paper) 0195045157 (alk. paper) 128043967X 9781280439674 9786610439676 6610439672 (alk. paper)
88025579
GB9139064 bnb
BA07956904 JP-ToKJK 019-50451 Uk
Death--Social aspects.
Death--Cross-cultural studies.
Life cycle, Human--Social aspects.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Death.
Attitude to Death
Death
Mort--Aspect social.
Mort--Études transculturelles.
Étapes de la vie--Aspect social.
Mort--Aspect psychologique.
Mort.
deaths.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Death & Dying.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Death.
Death--Social aspects.
Life cycle, Human--Social aspects.
Kulturvergleich
Lebenslauf
Soziologie
Sterben
Tod
Dood.
Sociale aspecten.
Śmierć--antropologia społeczna.
Śmierć--antropologia społeczna--Stany Zjednoczone.
Śmierć--socjologia.
Śmierć--socjologia--Stany Zjednoczone.
Humans Death
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
HQ1073 / .K43 1989eb
306/.9
393
BF 789.D4 / K248e 1989