The Matter of Death : Space, Place and Materiality /

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 c...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hockey, Jenny (Editor), Komaromy, Carol (Editor), Woodthorpe, Kate (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 270 pages)
ISBN:9780230283060
DOI:10.1057/9780230283060