This edited collection offers a distinctive contribution to death studies by foregrounding analytical autoethnographic narratives from researchers and practitioners actively engaged in the field. Unlike works centred on personal bereavement, it expl...Loe edasi...
Sarah L. Richardson, Sarah E. Wagner, Ruth E. Toulson
Sari: Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781316510568)
Bringing together scholars from a range of perspectives, this Handbook provides a fresh look at the anthropology of death. We ask how rituals change and deathcare happens, whose death counts, how societies make sense of and live with death, and why...Loe edasi...
This book explores historical, socio-political and metatheatrical readings of a whole host of dying bodies and risen corpses, each part of a long tradition of living death on stage....Loe edasi...
This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the past, present, and future direction of death rituals and deathcare systems within Japan....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781847929389)
Two expert thinkers tackle one of the most difficult and divisive issues of our times: assisted dying Brenda Hale is a superhero SHAMI CHAKRABARTI Rowan Williams is brilliant and profound JONATHAN SACKS As pressure grows to l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Bristol University Press, ISBN-13: 9781529250510)
What does it mean to grieve a child lost to an act of terrorism? This book offers a powerful and deeply human exploration of traumatic bereavement, grounded in parents’ first-hand accounts of losing a child to political violence. Drawing o...Loe edasi...
From the head curator of the most famous cemetery in the world a moving story about a place where joy, grief, and wild nature converge in unexpected and inspiring ways....Loe edasi...
A profound and deeply personal exploration of pain, the body and loss by the beloved author of Bluets and The Argonauts Full of warmth, wisdom and weirdness JENNY MUSTARD This is a dreamlike portrait of a body in struggle to...Loe edasi...
Billionaires and tech moguls are promising us a high-tech, accelerated future of space exploration, transhumanism and immortality. But can this actually save our world from political and climate collapse?As our world teeters on the edg...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Linda Leith Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781773901954)
As Janet Torge arrives, stumbles and finally lands solidly on the upper reaches of life, she explores how other senior citizens are grappling wIth this predicament—and adds her own comic voice with such gems as My Love of Sitting, The Belly Fat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996211)
This book explores the rich history and beautiful imagery of Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chartered in 1845, 450 acres are beautifully landscaped, with another 300 acres in reserve, making it one of the largest non-profit...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996259)
Buried Dallas–Fort Worth is your photographic companion to the fascinating world of North Texas cemeteries. More than simple graveyards, these sites are some of the region’s most enriching roadside attractions, free to visit and perfect for day trips...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781634996112)
The soldiers in Hood’s Texas Brigade who fought at Antietam on September 16-17, 1862, described intense and harrowing experiences of the fierce battle in the days, weeks and decades after the battle. Their experiences were written in official reports...Loe edasi...
A compelling blend of memoir, travelogue and investigation, Walking Shadow sheds new light on the past while Doran himself emerges from the darkness of loss....Loe edasi...
The book offers a profound insight into the reasons why a great many people feel disconnected from the concept of death and, as a remedy, offers a series of pathways to reconcile them. As an inner abyss, the prospect of death reflects our deepest an...Loe edasi...
How animals conceive of death and dyingand what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a mi...Loe edasi...
This book provides a shortform definitive reference text on death and funeral practices in Norway as of the 2020s.The volume begins with a short introduction and historical overview, followed by a description of the demographics and legal f...Loe edasi...
