Representations of Death - A Social Psychological Perspective

Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of mortuary practices in the 1990s, this is an intriguing book which takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death today.

List of contents

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;

About the author

Mary Bradbury is a researcher and freelance lecturer. She is currently training at the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London.

Summary

Drawing upon a rare and highly original ethnography of mortuary practices in the 1990s, this is an intriguing book which takes the reader through the medical, bureaucratic, commercial and ritual aspects of death today.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Bradbury, Bradbury Mary
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.1999
• EAN: 9780415150224
• ISBN: 978-0-415-15022-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Weight: 470 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Anthropology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Medical Sociology