Last Rites: The Work of the Modern Funeral Director

By Glennys Howarth

Book Overview

First Published in 2017. This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138457043
• ISBN13: 9781138457041
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"