This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.
| ISBN: | 9780895033451 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 1996 |
| Author: | Glennys Howarth |
| Publisher: | Baywood Publishing Company Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Biology, life sciences Pharmaceutical chemistry and technology Medicine: general issues |