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Death & Dying

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  • Night Falls Fastby Kay Redfield Jamison

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 11.99

    From the author of the best-selling memoir An Unquiet Mind , comes the first major book in a quarter century on suicide, and its terrible pull on the young in particular. Night Falls Fast is tragically timely: suicide has become one of the most common killers of Americans between the ages of fifteen and forty-five. An internationally acknowledged authority on depressive illnesses, Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Weaving together a historical and scientific exploration of the subject with personal essays on individual suicides, she brings not only her remarkable compassion and literary skill but also all of her knowledge and research... more...

  • The American Way of Death Revisitedby Jessica Mitford

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 11.99

    "Mitford's funny and unforgiving book is the best memento mori we are likely to get.  It should be updated and reissued each decade for our spiritual health."-- The New York Review of Books Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963 this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller and resulted in legislation to protect grieving families from the unscrupulous sales practices of those in "the dismal trade." Just before her death in 1996, Mitford thoroughly revised and updated her classic study. The American... more...

  • Spectacles of Death in Ancient Romeby Donald G. Kyle

    Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95

    Spectacles in Death in Ancient Rome is a provocative, detailed and sometimes controversial work which raises fundamental questions about the role of ritualized violence in Roman and other societies. more...

  • Death, Gender and Ethnicityby David Field; Jenny Hockey; Neil Small

    Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95

    Examines the ways in which gender and ethnicity shape the diversity of experiences of dying and bereavement. Drawing on a range of detailed case studies, this collection seeks to develop a more sensitive theoretical approach. more...

  • Death and Disease in the Ancient Cityby Valerie M. Hope; Eireann Marshall

    Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95

    This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment. more...

  • Dangerous Voicesby Gail Holst-Warhaft

    Routledge 1995; US$ 47.95

    Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the Greek lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, in Antiquity as well as in modern times. more...

  • Death and Bereavement Across Culturesby Colin Murray Parkes; Pittu Laungani; Bill Young

    Routledge 1996; US$ 39.95

    This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of meeting the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereaved. more...

  • Death and Philosophyby J.E. Malpas; Robert C. Solomon

    Routledge 1999; US$ 45.95

    Death and Philosophy brings a rich and diverse array of philosophical, literary and aesthetic perspectives to bear on the theme of death. more...

  • Between Poverty and the Pyreby Jan Bremmer; Lourens Van Den Bosch

    Routledge 1995; US$ 170.00

    This interdisciplinary collection of studies is the first ever to shed light on a fascinating & much neglected aspect of women's history: widows. The contributors present facets of widows' lives from religious and moral to legal obligations. more...

  • Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquityby Jon Davies

    Routledge 1999; US$ 40.95

    Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction to the subject. more...