Constructing Death: The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement
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 and health care practitioners.
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List of tablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1Pt. ISocial and material worlds91Experiencing and representing the body112Death, embodiment and social structure343The social aspect of death50Pt. IIRepresenting death734Medicine, modernity and the risks of life755The revival of death awareness916Reporting death122Pt. IIIExperiencing death1477Falling from culture1498Awareness and control of dying1729Grief and resurrective practices193References212Index232
