ISBN:
9781443837927
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (300 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Unequal Before Death
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Papers from a conference held March 2010, Columbia University
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Death -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Mortality -- Congresses
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Terminally ill -- Congresses
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Congresses
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Equality -- Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Death has been deemed the "great equalizer," but each journey towards our shared, ultimate fate is unique. The length of our lives, the quality of our last days, how our deaths are perceived by others, and the handling of our remains are governed by nature and many socio-cultural factors. Unequal Before Death is an edited collection that addresses inequalities surrounding death from the perspectives of scholars in a wide range of humanistic and social science disciplines, including art histor
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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