Symbolic Loss 
Subtitle: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813919850
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs & folklore; Death & Dying; Psychological Aspects Of Bereavement; Death And Dying (Sociological Aspects); Social Science; Psychology; Sociology; Sociology - General; General; Bereavement; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Mourning customs
First sentence: THE BASIC features of mourning and its historical developments form the background for today's thinking about mourning.