Parting ways : new rituals and celebrations of life's passing /
Carson, Denise.
Parting ways : new rituals and celebrations of life's passing / Denise Carson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xv, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309)
Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination -- Living funeral: celebrating the end of life -- Her life review: reliving the past in the present -- Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes -- Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals -- Oral ethical will: video recording last words -- Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party -- Vigil: holding hands at the eleventh hour -- Her twenty-first-century memorial service, his twentieth-century funeral -- Home funeral: eco-friendly way out -- Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing -- The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing -- Her truth: finding life after death.
9780520251083 (cloth) 0520251083 (cloth) 9780520268739 (pbk.) 0520268733 (pbk.)
2010040360
101560103 DNLM
Death--Psychological aspects.
Mourning customs.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
BF789.D4 / C32 2011
155.9/37
2011 F-596 BF 789.D4
Parting ways : new rituals and celebrations of life's passing / Denise Carson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xv, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309)
Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination -- Living funeral: celebrating the end of life -- Her life review: reliving the past in the present -- Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes -- Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals -- Oral ethical will: video recording last words -- Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party -- Vigil: holding hands at the eleventh hour -- Her twenty-first-century memorial service, his twentieth-century funeral -- Home funeral: eco-friendly way out -- Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing -- The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing -- Her truth: finding life after death.
9780520251083 (cloth) 0520251083 (cloth) 9780520268739 (pbk.) 0520268733 (pbk.)
2010040360
101560103 DNLM
Death--Psychological aspects.
Mourning customs.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
BF789.D4 / C32 2011
155.9/37
2011 F-596 BF 789.D4