Death & Dying 46

A fascinating exploration of the social meaning of digital death From blogs written by terminally ill authors to online notes left by those considering suicide, technology has become a medium for th……続きを見る

This comprehensive and fascinating guide from genealogist and historian Celia Heritage will prove indispensable for both local and family historians. A wide-ranging examination of historical and arc……続きを見る

A look at the Land of Enchantment’s burial customs, from the Pueblo Indians and Spanish colonists to Jewish immigrants and American veterans. New Mexico’s harsh terrain, countless wars and epidemics……続きを見る

An award-winning writer explores the patchwork American cultural history of grieving the departed. One family inters their matriarch’s ashes on the floor of the ocean. Another holds a memorial weeni……続きを見る

This book examines how legal institutions reify the value of death in the twenty-first century. Its starting point is that bio-technological innovations have extended life to such an extent that dea……続きを見る

An illustrated cultural history of America through the lens of its gravestones and burial practicesーfeaturing eighty black-and-white photographs. In The American Resting Place, cultural historian M……続きを見る

The first book to address the complicated issues surrounding what happens to members of the United States Armed Forces after they die. Why does recovering the remains of servicepeople matter? Soldie……続きを見る

“A detailed, insightful, and at times moving ethnography of rituals around death and dying among ethnically Tibetan Hyolmo Buddhists in Nepal.” ーChoice If any anthropologist living today can illumi……続きを見る

“These are thoughts for us all, sooner or laterーand this is a book I'll keep with me, as long as I live.”ーDavid Sexton, The Scotsman In 2008, art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a rare brain……続きを見る

A comprehensive study of the manes, their worship, and their place in Roman conceptions of their society. In ancient Rome, it was believed some humans were transformed into special, empowered beings……続きを見る

“Examines our evolving mourning rituals, specifically in relationship to cemeteries . . . a levelheaded report on the death care industry.” ーLos Angeles Review of Books In modern society, we have p……続きを見る

This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders. Based on extensive face to fa……続きを見る

Prepare spiritually, relationally, and financially to make the transition from this world to the next as painless as possible for you and your loved ones. Each and every day we go through life expec……続きを見る

First published in 1957, The Family Life of Old People opens with the question: Are old people isolated from their families? Thereafter, the author describes the results of intensive interviews with……続きを見る

The story of the nation’s largest mass graveyard and the nearly one million people buried thereーbased on new documents and advances in DNA technology. Once a Civil War prison and training site and ……続きを見る

Providing a comprehensive set of guidance to assist researchers wishing to carry out, curate and disseminate field research at a historic burial ground, chapters offer up to date methods for surface……続きを見る

“A unique firsthand record of this history and culture of death in Kentucky relayed nearly word-for-word to preserve the language, style and emotion.” ーHardin Company Historical Society In Tales fr……続きを見る

“A fascinating attempt to marry personal experience with academic analysis to help us all reconceive of one option for later-life living.” ーThe Huffington Post When her husband’s ill health forces ……続きを見る

A shocking and powerful account of lynching written by activist, journalist, and former slave Ida B. Wells In the postbellum American South, lynching was a frightfully common occurrence, perpetrated……続きを見る

The stories of what happened after the shooting stopped and the process of burying bodies in the wake of Civil War carnage and chaos. The clash of armies in the American Civil War left hundreds of t……続きを見る

An archeological study of burial grounds across England, shedding light on pagan executions, the Black Death, and much more. In the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington Wold, arche……続きを見る

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families Losing a parent is a traumatic blow, and the grief can seem unbeara……続きを見る

“An eloquent testimonial to the power of love and the devastation of loss” from the National Book Award–winning author of Becoming a Man (Publishers Weekly). In 1974, Paul Monette met Roger Horwitz,……続きを見る

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families The pain and shock when a child dies can seem unbearable. But exper……続きを見る

An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families When a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive lit……続きを見る

A shocking and extreme interpretation of culture, history, and the father of psychoanalysis. In Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History, social philosopher Norman O. Brown radica……続きを見る

A thorough analysis of zombies in popular culture from the 1930s to contemporary society. The zombie apocalypse hasn’t happenedーyetーbut zombies are all over popular culture. From movies and TV sho……続きを見る

A look at the constant confrontation with mortality the English experienced in a time of plague, smallpox, civil war, and other calamities. In the lives of the rich and poor alike in seventeenth-cen……続きを見る

This book addresses important issues of ageing and spirituality and reflects on the impact of culture on both constructs. The papers are contemporary in that they include excerpts of cultural impact……続きを見る

A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan 'E******nthralling and packed with insights.' - BILL BRYSON 'A must-read.' - ……続きを見る