Parting ways : new rituals and celebrations of life's passing / Denise Carson.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520949416
- 0520949412
- 1283278073
- 9781283278072
- 9786613278074
- 6613278076
- Death -- Psychological aspects
- Mourning customs
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Death
- Death
- Attitude to Death
- Funeral Rites -- psychology
- Funeral Rites
- Mort -- Aspect psychologique
- Deuil -- Coutumes
- Funérailles -- Rites et cérémonies
- Mort
- funerals
- deaths
- SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- Death -- Psychological aspects
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Mourning customs
- 155.9/37 22
- BF789.D4 C32 2011eb
- 2011 F-596
- BF 789.D4
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-309).
Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination -- Living funeral: celebrating the end of life -- Her life review: reliving the past in the present -- Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes -- Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals -- Oral ethical will: video recording last words -- Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party -- Vigil: holding hands at the 11th hour -- Her 21st century memorial service, his 20th century funeral -- Home funeral: eco-friendly way out -- Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing -- The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing -- Her truth: finding life after death.
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This work explores the emergence of new end-of-life rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed.
English.
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