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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313304432

ISBN-139780313304439

eBay Product ID (ePID)937852

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameInternational Handbook of Funeral Customs

SubjectDeath & Dying, Human Geography, Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorKodo Matsunami

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-043929

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"In toto, this book is timely and practical. People experiencing second-person death, a population on the rise given the aging population and their ability to travel abroad, need this book. Major social institutions around the world should stock this book including university reference libraries, military and embassy libraries, international transportation industries, and funeral service providers among others. Graduate and undergraduate students of mortuary science, medical, and death and dying courses will find this book a useful resource in the early stages of their studies."- The Great Plains Sociologist, "The International Handbook has value, especially in libraries that don't have Funeral Customs the World Over." Rettig on Reference, "In toto, this book is timely and practical. People experiencing second-person death, a population on the rise given the aging population and their ability to travel abroad, need this book. Major social institutions around the world should stock this book including university reference libraries, military and embassy libraries, international transportation industries, and funeral service providers among others. Graduate and undergraduate students of mortuary science, medical, and death and dying courses will find this book a useful resource in the early stages of their studies." The Great Plains Sociologist, "The International Handbook has value, especially in libraries that don't have Funeral Customs the World Over."- Rettig on Reference, "...the esteemed values of the author in this labor of commitment to foster greater understanding among the diverse peoples of the world at death, a time like no others in our lives, deserve recognition and his work a place on bookshelves everywhere."- Worship

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal393/.9

Table Of ContentPrologue Introduction Asia Oceania Africa Middle East Europe Commonwealth of Independent States North and Central America South America Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index of Country and Territory Names

SynopsisThis handbook explores the cultural and religious customs concerning death, burial, and mourning in countries throughout the world and covers all the major religions. At present there are more than 190 independent countries in the world, and the funeral practices in each are closely related to the culture, history and geography of the country concerned. Matsunami examines the ways people living around the world deal with the death of a loved one, and what kind of post-mortem arrangements are made. In doing so, he provides a better understanding of the world's cultures by viewing people's individual and collective behavior when it comes to funeral customs. Scholars of comparative religion, cultural anthropology, sociology, and even funeral directors, will value this comprehensive reference., Explores the current cultural and religious customs concerning death, burial, and mourning in countries throughout the world, and covers all the major religions.

LC Classification NumberGT3150