Constructing Death: The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement

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Author: Clive Seale

ISBN-10: 0521595096

ISBN-13: 9780521595094

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An introduction to the sociological study of death, dying and bereavement.

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