The Many Ways We Talk About Death in Contemporary Society: Interdisciplinary Studies in Portrayal and Classification - Hardcover

Judith Schwartz; Ruth Mutzner; Herbert G. Gingold; Philip Alcabes; Marcelline Block

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773446885 ISBN 13: 9780773446885

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2009

Synopsis

The theme of this collection of essays is the perception and experience of death and dying in America in the early 21st century. The authors touch on the most salient current issues surrounding these matters and move the discourse forward into the second decade of this century. The essays are based on papers presented at an interdisciplinary conference, "The Pulse of Death Now", at Columbia University in March 2008.

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Review:

"Without question, this collection will prove valuable to readers from a range of backgrounds, be they philosophers or ethicists, writers or journalists, healthcare workers or policymakers, or any others who are interested in expanding their knowledge of contemporary understandings of death." - Prof. Lesley A. Sharp Barnard College "... what this book demonstrates is that death studies scholarship exists in the United States and that it's a subject area that many, diverse individuals work on." - Prof. John Erik Troyer University of Bath"

About this edition

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0773446885
• ISBN 13: 9780773446885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Margaret Souza, Christina Staudt