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In The Midst Of Life by Des Tobin - ISBN: 9780522847192
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By exploring Australian responses to death, this book contributes to the growing interest in what such responses reveal about our society and how we might better deal with death as a part of life. The authors - a theologian and a funeral director - look at the social history of this topic, and look …

In The Midst Of Life

Australian Response to Death

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    316 pages

  • Release Date

    6 April 1993

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Summary

A useful, well-informed, compassionate book on a taboo subject-from lively social history to thorny contemporary questions.This is a thoroughly useful, authoritative and compassionate book about the last taboo subject-death. In exploring our responses to death, it reveals a great deal about Australian society.There is grim humour in the practical details of burial in the days of pick and shovel-and a priest if you were lucky. Stories of elaborate Victorian mourning etiquette, of poignant pers…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522847192
ISBN-10:0522847196
Author:Des Tobin, Graeme M. Griffin
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:316
Edition:2nd
Release Date:6 April 1993
Weight:350g
Dimensions:140mm x 214mm x 29mm
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About The Author

Des Tobin

The authors, both of the highest standing in very different fields, share a long commitment to professional and community education on death and grief. Graeme Griffin is Professor of Church and Community, Theological Hall, Melbourne. Des Tobin is Managing Director of Tobin Brothers, Funeral Directors, Melbourne.

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