Constructing Death

The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement

By: Clive Seale, Seale Clive

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Hardcover | 10 August 1998

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Constructing Death reviews sociological, anthropological and historical studies of death, grief and mourning in order to illuminate present-day experience. It is both an introduction to the sociological study of death, dying and bereavement, and an original contribution to death studies and social theory, combining a theoretical argument with original research material. The volume will be of use to students and scholars of sociology, as well as health care practitioners.

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' ... a stimulating and lucid volume ... a book that will be of wide interest to ... social scientists, students of health and illness and the body'. Times Higher Education Supplement

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Non-Fiction Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Death & Bereavement Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Death & Dying

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Published: 10th August 1998

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Social and Material Worlds
Experiencing and representing the body
Death, embodiment and social structure
The social aspect of death
Representing Death
Medicine, modernity and the risks of life
The revival of death awareness
Reporting death
Experiencing Death
Falling from culture
Awareness and control of dying
Grief and resurrective practices
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Constructing Death

The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement

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