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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology, Association of American Publishers"
"Touching and beautifully written."
---Rosemarie Szostak, Science"Fascinating. . . .
American Afterlives describes an extraordinary array of approaches to celebrate — and remember — the dead."
---Glenn C. Altschuler, Psychology Today"It’s hard to make death sexy, but Shannon Lee Dawdy manages to do just that in her fascinating new book about changing practices in American death care and what they can tell us about American society today. . . . Dawdy’s style is playful and somewhat experimental. . . . [A] a highly imaginative, engrossing book about a difficult topic."
---Mara Buchbinder, American Ethnologist"A personable book notable for its affection for life, the richness of American culture and the brief, baffling experience of living as a human."
---Algernon D’Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News"A fast-moving look at what happens to bodies today—embalming, cremation, gravestones, pendants with ashes, etc. She sees no lack of faith but more 'eclectic, syncretic, speculative, woo-woo, and whackadoo belief.'"
---Marvin Olasky, World
