Death, Dying, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Interrogation

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Death, Dying, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Interrogation is written by Lloyd Steffen and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1848881738 (ISBN 10) and 9781848881730 (ISBN 13).

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. This inter- and multi-disciplinary volume examines how culture impacts care for the dying, the overall experience of dying, and ways the dead are remembered. Over the past three decades, scholarship in thanatology has increased dramatically. This text localizes a broad array of perspectives that research, analyze, and interpret the many interrelations and interactions that exist between death and culture. Culture not only presents and portrays ideas about ‘a good death’ and norms that seek to achieve it, but culture also operates as both a vehicle and medium through which meaning about death is communicated and understood. Sadly, too, culture sometimes facilitates death through violence.