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Handbook of Death & Dying
Mummification and Mummies in Ancient Egypt
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PETER LACOVARA
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JOHN BAINES
Publication date:
2003
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SAGE Publications, Inc.
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10.4135/9781412914291.n81
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Book chapters
pp. 3
The Universal Fear of Death and the Cultural Response
pp. 14
Historical Changes in the Meaning of Death in the Western Tradition
pp. 24
Dealing with Death: Western Philosophical Perspectives
pp. 34
Death Denial: Hiding and Camouflaging Death
pp. 43
Death, Dying, and the Dead in Popular Culture
pp. 50
The Death Awareness Movement: Description, History, and Analysis
pp. 57
The Spiritualist Movement: Bringing the Dead Back
pp. 65
Reincarnation: The Technology of Death
pp. 77
Hosts and Ghosts: The Dead as Visitors in Cross-Cultural Perspective
pp. 87
Ghosts: The Dead among us
pp. 96
The Malevolent “Undead”: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
pp. 110
Spirituality
pp. 117
Religion and the Mediation of Death Fear
pp. 126
Christian Beliefs Concerning Death and Life after Death
pp. 137
Near-Death Experiences as Secular Eschatology
pp. 148
Life Insurance as Social Exchange Mechanism
pp. 159
“Full Military Honors”: Ceremonial Interment as Sacred Compact
pp. 173
Symbolic Immortality and Social Theory: The Relevance of an Underutilized Concept
pp. 185
Historical and Epidemiological Trends in Mortality in the United States
pp. 198
Global Mortality Rates: Variations and their Consequences for the Experience of Dying
pp. 211
To Die, by Mistake: Accidental Deaths
pp. 223
Megadeaths: Individual Reactions and Social Responses to Massive Loss of Life
pp. 236
On the Role and Meaning of Death in Terrorism
pp. 246
Death Attributed to Medical Error
pp. 256
Homicidal Death
pp. 264
Pre-Personality Pregnancy Losses: Miscarriages, Stillbirths, and Abortions
pp. 275
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
pp. 284
The Evolution of the Legal Definition of Death
pp. 292
Death Education
pp. 302
The Postself in Social Context
pp. 309
Historical Suicide
pp. 319
Suicide and Suicide Trends in the United States, 1900–1999
pp. 339
Suicide Survivors: The Aftermath of Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
pp. 351
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Suicide
pp. 357
A History of Execution Methods in the United States
pp. 368
Capital Punishment: In the United States
pp. 378
Military Executions
pp. 386
The Abortion Issue: In the United States
pp. 397
Dying of AIDs and Social Stigmatization
pp. 405
Medical Euthanasia
pp. 424
Physician-Assisted Death
pp. 437
Death Awareness and Adjustment Across the Life Span
pp. 448
Dying as Deviance: An Update on the Relationship between Terminal Patients and Medical Settings
pp. 457
The Dying Process
pp. 468
On Coming to Terms with Death and Dying: Neglected Dimensions of Identity Work
pp. 475
Death in Two Settings: The Acute Care Facility and Hospice
pp. 485
The History of the Hospice Approach
pp. 495
Dying in a Total Institution: The Case of Death in Prison
pp. 502
Formal and Informal Caregiving at the End of Life
pp. 513
The Death Notification Process: Recommendations for Practice, Training, and Research
pp. 523
The Autopsy
pp. 534
A Social History of Embalming
pp. 544
Fallen Soldiers: Death and the U.S. Military
pp. 556
Death-Related Work Systems outside the Funeral Home
pp. 567
The American Family and the Processing of Death Prior to the 20th Century
pp. 575
The Evolution of the Funeral Home and the Occupation of Funeral Director
pp. 587
The American Funeral
pp. 598
Black Funeralization and Culturally Grounded Services
pp. 604
On the Economics of Death in the United States
pp. 611
The Funeral and the Funeral Industry in the United Kingdom
pp. 619
Practices Surrounding the Dead in French-Speaking Belgium: Rituals in Kitlike Form
pp. 631
The Native American Way of Death
pp. 640
The Hindu Way of Death
pp. 649
The Muslim Way of Death
pp. 656
The Japanese Way of Death
pp. 673
The Taoist (Chinese) Way of Death
pp. 687
The Jewish Way of Death
pp. 694
Obituaries
pp. 703
Gracing God's Acres: Some Notes on a Typology of Cemetery Visitation in Western Cultures
pp. 712
Impromptu Memorials to the Dead
pp. 721
Death and Community Responses: Comfort, Community, and Culture
pp. 730
Monuments in Motion: Gravemarkers, Cemeteries, and Memorials as Material Form and Context
pp. 743
The History of the American Cemetery and Some Reflections on the Meaning of Death
pp. 757
Pet Burial in the United States
pp. 767
Cremation
pp. 775
Body Recycling
pp. 786
The Iceman Cometh: The Cryonics Movement and Frozen Immortality
pp. 792
Disposing of the Dead: Minor Modes
pp. 801
The Social History of the European Cemetery
pp. 810
Body Disposition in Cross-Cultural Context: Prehistoric and Modern Non-Western Societies
pp. 819
Mummification and Mummies in Ancient Egypt
pp. 829
The Evolution of Mourning and the Bereavement Role in the United States: Middle- and Upper-Class European Americans
pp. 838
Social Dimensions of Grief
pp. 847
The Experience of Grief and Bereavement
pp. 855
Bereavement in Cross-Cultural Perspective
pp. 862
Widowhood and its Social Implications
pp. 871
Children and the Death of a Parent
pp. 880
Parents and the Death of a Child
pp. 891
Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
pp. 899
The Death Certificate: Civil Registration, Medical Certification, and Social Issues
pp. 909
Coroner and Medical Examiner
pp. 917
The Disposition of Property: Transfers between the Dead and the Living
pp. 926
The Last will and Testament: A Neglected Document in Sociological Research
pp. 934
The Legal Regulation of Mortuary Science Education
pp. 941
Cemetery Regulation in the United States
pp. 950
Death and Legal Blame: Wrongful Death
pp. 968
Negligent Death and Manslaughter
pp. 974
“Thanatological Crime”: Some Conceptual Notes on Offenses Against the Dead as a Neglected Form of Deviant Behavior
pp. 989
Death in Art
pp. 998
Cultural Concern with Death in Literature
pp. 1008
“Arise, Ye more than Dead!”: Culture, Music, and Death
pp. 1019
Dead Zoo Chic: Some Conceptual Notes on Taxidermy in American Social Life
pp. 1029
Death in the Future: Prospects and Prognosis
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