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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149202403321

Autore

Howarth Glennys

Titolo

Last rites : the work of the modern funeral director / / Glennys Howarth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., c1996

ISBN

1-315-22425-9

1-351-84333-8

1-351-84334-6

0-89503-585-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Death, value, and meaning series

Disciplina

363.7/5

Soggetti

Undertakers and undertaking

Undertakers and undertaking - Social aspects

Funeral rites and ceremonies

Death - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Last Rites: The Work of the Modern Funeral Director""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 Modern Death Rituals and the Undertaker""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Business of Funeral Directing""; ""CHAPTER 3 Funeral Directing in Easton""; ""CHAPTER 4 Becoming an Undertaker""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Contaminated Corpse""; ""CHAPTER 6 Making Arrangements""; ""CHAPTER 7 Humanizing the Body""; ""CHAPTER 8 The Funeral Ceremony""; ""CONCLUSION: The Undertaker: Past, Present, and Future""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

""Select Titles from the: Death, Value and Meaning Series""""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.