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Death in the modern world / Tony Walter.

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Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolised and experienced varies widely, not only between individuals but also between groups. What then shapes how a society manages death, dying and bereavement today? Are all modern countries similar? How important are culture, the physical en...

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Main Author: Walter, Tony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2020.
Edition:1st.
Subjects:
Death > Cross-cultural studies.
Death.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • DEATH IN THE MODERN WORLD
  • FRONT COVER
  • DEATH IN THE MODERN WORLD
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTENTS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: DEATH'S JIGSAW
  • PART I
  • MODERNITY
  • CHAPTER 1
  • LONGEVITY
  • CHAPTER 2
  • MEDICINE
  • CHAPTER 3
  • COMMODIFICATION
  • CHAPTER 4
  • COMMUNICATION
  • CHAPTER 5
  • DEATH DENIAL?
  • PART II
  • RISK
  • CHAPTER 6
  • SECURITY AND INSECURITY
  • CHAPTER 7
  • THE PHYSICAL WORLD
  • PART III
  • CULTURE
  • CHAPTER 8
  • INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP
  • CHAPTER 9
  • FAMILY
  • CHAPTER 10
  • RELIGION
  • PART IV
  • NATION
  • CHAPTER 11
  • MODERNIZING THE NATION
  • CHAPTER 12
  • WAR
  • CHAPTER 13
  • POLICY AND POLITICS
  • PART V
  • GLOBALIZATION
  • CHAPTER 14
  • GLOBAL FLOWS
  • CHAPTER 15
  • DEATH'S FUTURES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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