M.M. - Death & Dying 1

La question du statut juridique, symbolique et politique des restes humains constitue un champ d’investigation particulièrement fécond, situé au croisement du droit, de l’éthique, des sciences socia……続きを見る

Transportation, Post-Penal Identity and the Life Course explores the life-courses of convicts who, after being transported to Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania, and released from servitude, died in pa……続きを見る

The global crisis of road traffic fatalities and injuries has remained an ongoing challenge, plagued by inconsistent estimation methods, data gaps, and underreporting. With 39.5 million road deaths ……続きを見る

Due to the impact of capitalism, abrupt global changes are emerging in human life. Irrespective of age, race, gender or social ranks, everyone is under spell of temptation and rivalry to proceed ahe……続きを見る

Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generationーand how t……続きを見る

Da oltre vent'anni Emmanuel Hirsch accompagna i malati terminali e i loro familiari lungo il percorso che porta alla fine della vita. Come medico e come responsabile di diversi centri di Etica Medic……続きを見る

Le présent numéro de la revue Frontières se penche sur le concept et les expériences de la solastalgie en les liant aux changements climatiques et aux inégalités sociales et géographiques subséquent……続きを見る

Experiencing Childhood in Ancient Athens uses literary sources and archaeological and iconographic evidence to investigate children's identities throughout the ninth to fourth centuries BCE in Athen……続きを見る

Neal Smither doesn't hide his work. The side of his van reads: "Crime Scene Cleaners: Homicides, Suicides and Accidental Death." Whenever a hotel guest permanently checks out, the cops finish an inv……続きを見る

Institutions play a crucial role in shaping experiences of end-of-life care, dying, death, body disposal and bereavement. However, there has been little holistic or multidisciplinary research in thi……続きを見る

Les sciences humaines et sociales ont connu ces dernières années un « tournant spatial », témoignant ainsi d’une prise en compte de la dimension spatiale des sociétés qui déborde la discipline géogr……続きを見る

La mort constitue l’un des moteurs fondamentaux de production d’images, et ce, dès l’aube de l’histoire humaine (Debray, 1992; Belting, 2004; Pigeaud, 2017). Les images mortuaires ont souvent été ap……続きを見る

Intrinsèquement liée à la formation de notre planète et aux mouvements de son écorce superficielle, l’activité volcanique a sans relâche sculpté les milieux physiques. Les volcans et leurs éruptions……続きを見る

Una historia gráfica muy emotiva con conmovedoras y divertidas historias reales sobre cómo vivir los últimos días de nuestra vida. Un enfermero que transforma el dolor en un canto a la vida. Queda ……続きを見る

The 13th edition of Death, Society, and Human Experience provides a panoramic overview of the ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as individuals and as members of society. A landmark t……続きを見る

Contemporary audiences are often shocked to learn that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, medical students around the world posed for photographic portraits with their cadavers; a genre know……続きを見る

Qu’est-ce qu’une bonne mort ? Qu’est-ce que bien mourir ? Comment accompagner les mourants? Ce sont là autant de questions auxquelles les sociétés humaines sont confrontées depuis la nuit des temps.……続きを見る

'OH MY GODDESS this book has become a new favourite... Ruby and Sam's love is addicting and heart-warming, leaving me feel the same emotions alongside them through every bump in the road. Their love……続きを見る

As the twentieth century began, Black and white southerners alike dealt with low life expectancy and poor healthcare in a region synonymous with early death. But the modernization of death care by a……続きを見る

“A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity.”ーMatthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestse……続きを見る

An irreverent book of morbid curiosities that leaves no headstone unturned This isn’t your average walk through the graveyard. Filled with facts that will tickle your gray matter, You’ll Leave This ……続きを見る

Fred Feldman, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is widely recognized for his subtle defense of hedonistic consequentialism and for his plain-spoken and exact phi……続きを見る

This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a ""rendition of reality,"" informed by a rather dens……続きを見る

Can sisterhood pull them through the darkest days? Imogen Caldwell and her sisters, Daisy and Elsie, are fighting to save their childhood home and stay in Bristol. After times became hard their fath……続きを見る

A sassy, heart-breaking and jaw-dropping memoir of life behind the scenes in a funeral home and strip club, written with all the panache, honesty and sensitivity of Rosie Waterland's The Anti-Cool G……続きを見る

Australia's bravest and most honest writer explores the devastating aftermath of her elderly mother's decision to end her own life. Nikki Gemmell's world changed forever in October 2015 when the bod……続きを見る

The Socratic dialogue in this book discusses life & death with reference to the prominent suicides of so-called “successful people”. The narrative presents classical & modern philosophies, Judeo-Isl……続きを見る

First published in 1922, "Death and its Mystery, Before Death" by French astronomer and author Camille Flammarion is the first volume in a series that looks at life beyond the grave. The other volum……続きを見る

A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the……続きを見る

A funeral celebrant from the Shetland Islands reveals how celebrating mortalityーand creating a personalized space for griefーenriches lives and gives meaning to death. Part self-help, part memoir, ……続きを見る