Sociology: Death & Dying

Loss and consequent grief permeates nearly every life changing event, from death to health concerns to dislocation to relationship breakdown to bet...

Death and Garden Narratives in Literature, Art and Film: Song of Death in Paradise explores the combination of two motifs, death and gardens, to sh...

Fatal Years is the first systematic study of child mortality in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Exploiting newly discovered data ...

Whilst death, dying and bereavement are universal life events, the social conditions under which death takes place are fundamental in shaping how i...

From the moment we first open our homes - and our hearts - to a new pet, we know that one day we will have to watch this beloved animal age and die...

A close look at stories of maternal death in Malawi that considers their implications in the broader arena of medical knowledge. By the early twent...

A close look at stories of maternal death in Malawi that considers their implications in the broader arena of medical knowledge. By the early twent...

A Columbia University physician comes across a popular medieval text on dying well written after the horror of the Black Plague and discovers ancie...

A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.Voluntary or involuntary? asked the nurse ...

Sociology of Death and the American Indian examines dying, death, disposal, and bereavement practices and applies those concepts to selectAmerican ...

A must-read investigation of reproductive health under fire in Post-Roe America.More than a million people lose a pregnancy each year, whether thro...

A Kyrgyz cemetery seen from a distance is astonishing. The ornate domes and minarets, tightly clustered behind stone walls, seem at odds with this ...

Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough reexamination of the background, dyn...

Despite the recent history of violence and destruction, Bosnia-Herzegovina holds a positive place in history, marked by a continuous interweaving o...

The study of funeral monuments is a growing field, but monuments erected to commemorate children have so far received little attention. Whilst the ...

In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of ...

In 1705-1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession and two years after a devastating earthquake, an epidemic of mysterious sudden deaths terror...

Each suicide is as unique as the individuals involved, especially if one examines the nature of the act and to what extent these acts can be viewed...

Almost every medical faculty possesses anatomical and/or pathological collections: human and animal preparations, wax- and other models, as well as...

For readers of Oliver Sacks and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande comes a luminous ode to the mysterious ways music... moves patients with such conditio...

Over a million people commit suicide worldwide every year. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at the person at risk, the family and pe...

Being able to offer support to the bereaved is an important part of many frontline professions, such as nurses, teachers, funeral directors and any...

The period following the death of a friend or loved one can be tumultuous for anyone, but can be especially difficult for children, with lasting ef...

Offering an intimate account of intergenerational grief, Miller Obermans new collection of poetry, Impossible Things, explores his experiences as b...

Offering an intimate account of intergenerational grief, Miller Obermans new collection of poetry, Impossible Things, explores his experiences as b...

The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortua...

How animals conceive of death and dyingand what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortalityWhen the opossum feels threatened, she be...

Michael K. Rosenow investigates working people's beliefs, rituals of dying, and the politics of death by honing in on three overarching questions: ...

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