Beyond the Body: Death and Social Identity

by Jenny Hockey, Glennys Howarth, Elizabeth Hallam

Book Overview

Beyond the Body presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories that put the body at the centre of identity. They go 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body itself has been disposed of or is missing.
Chapters draw together a wide range of empirical data, including cross-cultural case studies and fieldwork...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415182913
• ISBN13: 9780415182911
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"