The Craft of Dying
The Modern Face of Death
$39.73
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2019
Summary
The fortieth-anniversary edition of a classic and prescient work on death and dying.Much of today’s literature on end-of-life issues overlooks the importance of 1970s social movements in shaping our understanding of death, dying, and the dead body. This anniversary edition of Lyn Lofland’s The Craft of Dying begins to repair this omission. Lofland identifies, critiques, and theorizes 1970s death movements, including the Death Acceptance Movement, the Death with Dignity Movement, and the Natur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262537346 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262537346 |
| Author: | Lyn H. Lofland, John Troyer, Ara A. Francis |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 11mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Lyn H. Lofland
Lyn H. Lofland is Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Davis.John Troyer is Director of the Centre for Death and Society and Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. He grew up in the American funeral industry.Ara A. Francis is Associate Professor in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the College of the Holy Cross.
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