LEADER 04262nam 22006615 450 001 9910452666703321 005 20210212005426.0 010 $a1-283-89046-1 010 $a0-8122-0207-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202076 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707624 035 $a(OCoLC)835765644 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641597 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000818835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10840625 035 $a(PQKB)11319983 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810511 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12357075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810511 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10828449 035 $a(PQKB)11432094 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441762 035 $a(DE-B1597)449065 035 $a(OCoLC)979741192 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202076 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707624 100 $a20190708d2012 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond the Good Death $eThe Anthropology of Modern Dying /$fJames W. Green 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2012] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2198-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-253) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. Getting Dead --$t2. Exit Strategies --$t3. The Body As Relic --$t4. Soulscapes --$t5. Passing It On --$t6. In Our Hearts Forever --$t7. The Future Of Death --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn November 1998, millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering from the late stages of Lou Gehrig's disease, Youk had called upon infamous Michigan pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian to help end his life on his own terms. After delivering the videotape to 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was arrested and convicted of manslaughter, despite the fact that Youk's family firmly believed that the ending of his life qualified as a good death. Death is political, as the controversies surrounding Jack Kevorkian and, more recently, Terri Schiavo have shown. While death is a natural event, modern end-of-life experiences are shaped by new medical, demographic, and cultural trends. People who are dying are kept alive, sometimes against their will or the will of their family, with powerful medications, machines, and "heroic measures." Current research on end-of-life issues is substantial, involving many fields. Beyond the Good Death takes an anthropological approach, examining the changes in our concept of death over the last several decades. As author James W. Green determines, the attitudes of today's baby boomers differ greatly from those of their parents and grandparents, who spoke politely and in hushed voices of those who had "passed away." Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, in the 1960's, gave the public a new language for speaking openly about death with her "five steps of dying." If we talked more about death, she emphasized, it would become less fearful for everyone. The term "good death" reentered the public consciousness as narratives of AIDS, cancer, and other chronic diseases were featured on talk shows and in popular books such as the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie. Green looks at a number of contemporary secular American death practices that are still informed by an ancient religious ethos. Most important, Beyond the Good Death provides an interpretation of the ways in which Americans react when death is at hand for themselves or for those they care about. 606 $aDeath$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aDeath$xPsychological aspects 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDeath$xSocial aspects 615 0$aDeath$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies 676 $a306.90973 700 $aGreen$b James W.$034153 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452666703321 996 $aBeyond the Good Death$92473844 997 $aUNINA