{"product_id":"parting-ways-9780520268739","title":"Parting Ways","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the emergence of rituals in America that celebrate the dying and reinvent the roles of family and community at the deathbed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis thoughtful, unique, moving, and educational book deserves a wide audience... Highly recommended.\" -- A. W. Klink Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Prologue \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I END-OF-LIFE CELEBRATIONS AND PRE-DEATH RITUALS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Her Choice: Two Paths Leading to the Same Destination\u003cbr\u003e 2. Living Funeral: Celebrating the End of Life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Her Life Review: Reliving the Past in the Present\u003cbr\u003e 4. Legacy of Memories: Telling Life Stories and Last Wishes\u003cbr\u003e 5. Her Season of Lasts: Traditional, Seasonal, Communal Rituals\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oral Ethical Will: Video Recording Valuable Last Words\u003cbr\u003e 7. Her Living Wake: Reminiscing and Farewell Party\u003cbr\u003e 8. Vigil: Holding Hands at the Eleventh Hour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II POST- DEATH AND MEMORIALIZING RITUALS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Her Twenty-First-Century Memorial Service, His Twentieth- Century Funeral\u003cbr\u003e 10. Home Funeral: Eco- Friendly Way Out\u003cbr\u003e 11. Holistic Approach: Design- It- Yourself Funeral and Cremation Witnessing\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Living Unveiling: Technology Innovates Memorializing\u003cbr\u003e 13. Her Truth: Finding Life after Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402851262807,"sku":"9780520268739","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520268739.jpg?v=1730481682","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parting-ways-9780520268739","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}