Description
Book SynopsisBringing 25 years of research and teaching in the sociology of death and dying to this important book, Tony Walter engages critically with key questions around this universal fact.
Trade Review"In this new work, Walter's encyclopaedic and critical gaze has produced another volume of analysis to be reckoned with." Allan Kellehear, University of Bradford
"Tony Walter brings scholarship and personal experience to this work, resulting in a book which offers a thought provoking read, suitable for both general readers and those with specialist knowledge." Glenys Caswell, University of Nottingham
"Tony Walter's intelligent and fascinating analysis of dying, disposal and our continuing relationship with the dead will make us all think again." Colin Murray Parkes, President of Cruse Bereavement Care
"An essential read...accessible, informative and critical, this pithy book challenges scholars and general readers alike to interrogate popular ideas about contemporary death and dying." Julie Ellis, University of Sheffield
“…an insightful and erudite exploration of death and dying, in a manner accessible to a general readership or those with a more specialist background… a strength of the text is how it incorporates a necessarily broad and holistic understanding of society’s approach to death and dying… an engaging and thoughtful exploration of contemporary Western attitudes towards death and dying.” Mortality
Table of ContentsIntroduction; What’s the problem?; Good to talk?; A better way to die?; What are professionals good at?; Why hold a funeral?; How to dispose of bodies?; How to mourn?; Distance & the digital: how to connect?; Pervasive death.
