ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

Modern Death Rituals and the Undertaker

chapter 2|10 pages

The Business of Funeral Directing

chapter 3|28 pages

Funeral Directing in Easton

chapter 4|30 pages

Becoming an Undertaker

chapter 5|16 pages

The Contaminated Corpse

chapter 6|36 pages

Making Arrangements

chapter 7|24 pages

Humanizing the Body

chapter 8|30 pages

The Funeral Ceremony