The Matter of Death Space, Place and Materiality |
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| Editor:
| Hockey, J.
Komaromy, C.
Woodthorpe, K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-28306-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement.
This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement.