1st Edition
Representations of Death A Social Psychological Perspective
By Mary Bradbury
Copyright 1999
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
251 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of contemporary mortuary practices, Representations of Death takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death Going behind the scenes at hospitals, funeral parlours, crematoria and cemeteries, as well as holding poignant, in-depth interviews with bereaved women, Bradbury has been able to illuminate the... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The study of death; Chapter 2 Researching death; Chapter 3 Medicine and bureaucracy; Chapter 4 Commerce and ritual; Chapter 5 The body; Chapter 6 Social representations of death; Chapter 7 Social representations of loss; Chapter 8 Re-presenting death;
Biography
Mary Bradbury is a researcher and freelance lecturer. She is currently training at the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London.
