Last Rites
The Work of the Modern Funeral Director| By: | Glennys Howarth |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138457041 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781351843331 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1996 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First Published in 2017. This book examines death rituals and the social significance of undertaking in western society and presents an ethnographic account of funeral directing in an area of east London which, for the purposes of anonymity. It is concerned with undertakers' perceptions and organization of death rituals.