ISBN:
9783839429921
Language:
German
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (370 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Kulturen der Gesellschaft Band 15
Series Statement:
De Gruyter eBook-Paket Sozialwissenschaften
Series Statement:
Kulturen der Gesellschaft
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Die Zukunft des Todes
Keywords:
Death
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Future life
;
Friedhof
;
Heterotopie
;
Kultur
;
Kultursoziologie
;
Kulturwissenschaft
;
Raum
;
Soziologie
;
Kulturwandel
;
Sterben
;
Tod
;
Bestattung
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Sterben
;
Tod
;
Bestattung
;
Kulturwandel
Abstract:
Death and dying are quite ordinary phenomena which are typically regarded as extraordinary. There is a widespread tendency to assume abstract concepts rather than tangible life endings. But a holistic societal perspective has to transcend the level of subjective consternation and view death as a challenge as well as - in the social treatment of deaths - as a confirmation of normative concepts. With example spaces of death and dying, such as cemeteries, hospices, public viewings, pathological institutes, funeral homes, or crematories, the contributions to this volume show that the image of death is changing, giving rise to new semantic contexts
DOI:
10.14361/9783839429921
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