Do funerals matter? : the purposes and practices of death rituals in global perspective / / William G. Hoy
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| Autore: |
Hoy William G.
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| Titolo: |
Do funerals matter? : the purposes and practices of death rituals in global perspective / / William G. Hoy
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 393/.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Funeral rites and ceremonies |
| Burial | |
| Human remains (Archaeology) | |
| Death - Social aspects | |
| Group identity | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Do Funerals Matter?: The Purposes and Practices of Death Rituals in Global Perspective; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Funerals-Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going; 2 More Treasured than Words: The Anchor of Significant Symbols; 3 Getting Everybody Together: The Anchor of Gathered Community; 4 Walk Out What You Can't Talk Out: The Anchor of Ritual Action; 5 Looking Back to Look Forward: The Anchor of Cultural Heritage; 6 Taking the Dead to the Party: The Anchor of the Body's Presence; 7 North American Quests to Personalize Funeral Rituals |
| 8 The Business of Funerals9 Clinical Perspectives on the Value of Funerals; 10 Farther Down the Road: Using Ritual in Grief Counseling; Epilogue; Glossary: What Does that Mean?; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy, funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways in which different cultural groups memorialize their dead. They will also find clear clinical and practical applications in the author's exploration of t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Do funerals matter |
| ISBN: | 0-203-07274-X |
| 1-299-28002-1 | |
| 1-135-10082-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465415403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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