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Beyond the good death : the anthropology of modern dying / James W. Green.
Author
Green, James W.
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Language
English
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
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258 pages ; 25 cm
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HQ1073.5.U6 G74 2008
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Death
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Social aspects
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United States
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Death
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Psychological aspects
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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United States
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Thanatology
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Summary note
In November 1998, millions of television viewers watched as Thomas Youk died. Suffering from the late stages of Lou Gehrig's disease, Youk had called upon the infamous Michigan pathologist, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to help end his life on his own terms. After delivering the videotaped death to 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was arrested and convicted of manslaughter, despite the fact that Youk's family firmly believed that the ending of his life qualified as a good death." "Beyond the Good Death takes an anthropological approach, examining the changes in our concept of death over the last several decades. As author James W. Green determines, the attitudes of today's baby boomers differ greatly from those of their parents and grandparents, who spoke politely and in hushed voices of those who had "passed away." Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in the 1960s, gave the public a new language for speaking openly about death with her "five steps of dying." If we talked more about death, she emphasized, it would become less fearful for everyone." "The term "good death" reentered the public consciousness as narratives of AIDS, cancer, and other chronic diseases were featured on talk shows and in popular books such as the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie. Green looks at a number of contemporary secular American death practices that are still informed by an ancient religious ethos. Most important, perhaps, Beyond the Good Death provides an interpretation of the ways in which Americans react when death is at hand for themselves or for those they care about.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-253) and index.
Contents
Getting dead
Exit strategies
The body as relic
Soulscapes
Passing it on
In our hearts forever
The future of death.
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ISBN
9780812240429 ((alk. paper))
0812240421
LCCN
2008295363
OCLC
183261851
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