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Title: THE MATTER OF DEATH
SPACE, PLACE AND MATERIALITY
By: Jenny Hockey (Editor), Carol Komaromy (Editor), Kate Woodthorpe (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £109.99


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ISBN 10: 0230224164
ISBN 13: 9780230224162
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 16 July, 2010
Pages: 285
Description: This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement.
Synopsis: This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement.
Illustrations: 18 black & white illustrations, biography
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Returnable
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