Assisted Dying: An Ethnographic Murder Mystery on Florida's Gold Coast

by Serena Nanda and Joan Young Gregg

Book Overview

Assisted Dying is an ethnographically-based murder mystery that uses the unexplained deaths of elderly people on Florida's Gold Coast as a way of examining American cultural values. Diversity, immigration and the American Dream, aging, retirement, death, and dying are just some of the issues that are illuminated. Cultural anthropologist Julie Norman is drawn deeper into the mystery when her aunt becomes the latest victim. Julie's ethnographic methodology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759119953
• ISBN13: 9780759119956
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"