The Sociology of Death: Theory, Culture, Practice.

Abstract

Death in high modernity: the contemporary presence and absence of death: Philip Mellor (University of Leeds). Social death in Britain: Michael Mulkay (University of York). Death, inheritance and the lifecourse: Janet Finch and Lorraine Wallis (University of Lancaster). The denial of death and rites of passage in contemporary societies: Jane Littlewood (Loughborough University). Dying in a public space: AIDS deaths: Neil Small (University of York). War memorials: Jon Davies (University of Newcastle upon Tyne). The acceptable face of human grieving: the clergy's role in the management of funerals: Jenny Hockey (University of Humberside). A gendered history of the social management of death and dying in Coventry in the inter-war years: Sheila Adams. Cremation or burial? Contemporary choice in city or village: Peter Jupp. Volunteers in the British hospice movement: David Field and Ian Johnson. Investigating deathwork: a personal account: Glennys Howarth (London School of Economics). Awareness contexts and the construction of dying in the cancer treatment setting: micro and macro levels in narrative analysis: Kirsten Costain Schou (University of Leeds). Why has British sociology ignored death and dying? Tony Walter.

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