From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Paperback - 09 October 2018Or 456 PEC Points
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Description
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity. Her account questions the rituals of the American funeral industry--especially chemical embalming--and suggests that the most effective traditions are those that allow mourners to personally attend to the body of the deceased. Exquisitely illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a fascinating tour through the unique ways people everywhere confront mortality.
Product Details
ISBN-10: 0393356280 ISBN-13: 9780393356281 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English |
Age Range: NA - NA years Grade Level: NA - NA Paperback: 288 Pages Product Dimension (L x W x H): 20.83 x 13.97 x 2.03 CM Shipping Weight: 0.29 Kg Periplus Bestseller Rank:#1,158 in Books #13 in Books » Biographies & Memoirs » Memoirs #41 in Books » Reference » Language Arts & Disciplines #69 in NON-FICTION » History, Biography, Politics & Current A |
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