American afterlives : reinventing death in the twenty-first century

American afterlives : reinventing death in the twenty-first century /

"Here is the book summary: What do you think happens to you when you die? And what do you want done with your body? For three years Shannon Lee Dawdy travelled the U.S., from Vermont to California, Illinois to Alabama, posing such questions to a wide range of people from all walks of life. Many...

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Main Author: Dawdy, Shannon Lee, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States.
Death > Economic aspects > United States.
Death > Social aspects > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying
Death > Economic aspects
Death > Social aspects
Funeral rites and ceremonies
United States
Align (company).
Ambrose Bierce.
Ancient Egypt.
Apotheosis.
Archaeology.
Aunt.
Bone china.
Buddhism.
Burial.
California.
Carbon footprint.
Casket.
Cemetery.
Coffin.
Commodification.
Conservative Judaism.
Convenience.
Cremation.
Crematory.
Cryonics.
Customer.
Day of the Dead.
Death mask.
Death.
Disenchantment.
Eastern philosophy.
Egyptomania.
Embalming chemicals.
Embalming.
Embrace Life.
Espresso machine.
Euthanasia.
Fantasy coffin.
Field hospital.
Forestry.
Foyer.
Friendship.
Funeral director.
Funeral home.
Geologist.
Grandparent.
Grief.
Gumball machine.
Headstone.
His Family.
Homegoing.
Hospice.
Hospital bed.
Humility.
Iconography.
In Death.
Indulgence.
Islamic funeral.
John Doe.
Kübler-Ross model.
LifeGem.
Liminality.
Magical thinking.
Mass media.
Mass production.
Morgue.
Mourner.
Mourning.
Ms.
Natural burial.
Occult.
Overcrowding.
Ownership.
Post-mortem photography.
Pottery.
Prescription bottle.
Protestantism.
Puritans.
Real property.
Reality television.
Religion.
Rigor mortis.
Romanticism.
Shamanism.
Sharon Osbourne.
Social control.
Social death.
Social movement.
Soft tissue.
Special Period.
Taphophobia.
Tattoo.
Terminal illness.
Thanatology.
The American Way of Death.
The Denial of Death.
The Easy Way.
The Loved One.
Tidbit.
Trowel.
Unmarked grave.
Value (economics).
Viewing (funeral).
Willy Wonka.
Zombie.
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