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Anthropology of Dying

A Participant Observation with Dying Persons in Germany

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Authors:
  1. Mira Menzfeld

    1. Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Introducing dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 1-33

  3. Fieldwork with dying persons

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 35-69

  4. Becoming dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 71-97

  5. First experiences as a dying person

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 99-121

  6. Cultural models of dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 123-152

  7. How it feels to be a dying person

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 153-179

  8. Changing perceptions in dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 181-201

  9. Emic perspectives on the course of dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 203-221

  10. Dying as liminality in the making

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 223-243

  11. Insights from and for dying

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 245-256

  12. Epilogue

    • Mira Menzfeld
    Pages 257-257

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 259-273
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About this book

Mira Menzfeld explores dying persons’ experiences of their own dying processes. She reveals cultural specificities of pre-exital dying in contemporary Germany, paying special attention to how concepts of dying ‘(un)well’ are perceived and realized by dying persons. Her methodological focus centers on classical ethnographic approaches: Close participant observation as well as informal and semi-structured conversations. For a better understanding of the specificities of dying in contemporary Germany, the author provides a refined definition catalogue of adequate terms to describe dying from an anthropological perspective.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Mira Menzfeld

About the author

Mira Menzfeld worked as a cultural anthropologist, journalist, and advertising editor. She is currently researching Salafits in Europe and voluntarily attending dying persons.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Anthropology of Dying

  • Book Subtitle: A Participant Observation with Dying Persons in Germany

  • Authors: Mira Menzfeld

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19826-8

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-19825-1Published: 20 October 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-19826-8Published: 10 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 273

  • Topics: Medical Sociology, Anthropology, Aging

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