Symbolic Loss 
Subtitle: The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780813919867
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs & folklore; Death & Dying; Sociology; General; Social Science; Sociology - General; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Bereavement; Mourning customs
First sentence: THE BASIC features of mourning and its historical developments form the background for today's thinking about mourning.