Creating Meaning in Funerals - How Families and Communities Make Sense of Death

Creating Meaning in Funerals is a book about the ways in which bereaved families and communities create meaningful ceremonies against a backdrop of what is culturally appropriate, even when their choices might make little economic sense to those outside the culture.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Anchors of Ceremony: How Funerals Work; 2. Funeral Ceremonies and the Quest for Meaning; 3. Memorials and the Ever-Changing Landscape of Spirituality and Faith; 4. Childrens, Teens, and Memorial Ceremonies; 5. Culture, Poverty, and the Cost of Funerals; 6. Funerals and Complicated Experiences with Grief; 7. The Pandemic that Changed Everything ... Including Funerals; 8. Honoring the Homegoing: African American Experiences with Funerals; 9. Memorial Ceremonies: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going; Epilogue

About the author

William G. Hoy has spent more than 40 years caring for the dying and bereaved and was Clinical Professor of Medical Humanities at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 2012 until 2024.

Summary

Creating Meaning in Funerals is a book about the ways in which bereaved families and communities create meaningful ceremonies against a backdrop of what is culturally appropriate, even when their choices might make little economic sense to those outside the culture.

Product details

• Authors: William G. Hoy, William G. (Baylor University Hoy, Hoy William G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032398372
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239837-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Personal & public health, Psychotherapy, Medical Sociology, Sociology: death and dying, Personal and public health / health education, Sociology: Death & Dying, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services