Parting ways
Subtitle: new rituals and celebrations of life's passing
By: Denise Carson
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780520251083; 9780520268739
Subjects: Funeral Rites; Death; Psychology; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Attitude to Death; Psychological aspects; Mourning customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309)
Table of contents: title: Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination; title: Living funeral: celebrating the end of life; title: Her life review: reliving the past in the present; title: Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes; title: Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals; title: Oral ethical will: video recording last words; title: Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party; title: Vigil: holding hands at the eleventh hour; title: Her twenty-first-century memorial service, his twentieth-century funeral; title: Home funeral: eco-friendly way out; title: Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing; title: The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing; title: Her truth: finding life after death.