| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The dead beat: a reporter's challenge: finding the fun in funerals -- Four funerals and a wedding : five takes on celebrating -- Confessions of a funeral planner: the case of the tragic dove release and more modern-day mishaps -- Biodegradable you: "grene" burials, the next big thing in cemetery trends -- Ashes to ashes, dust to diamonds: how to turn your loved one into jewelry, and why -- As near to heaven by sea as by land: Two ways to sleep with the fishes -- Outside the box: "Fantastic afterlife vehicles" and other cool containers for corpses -- Disney on ice: a town celebrates its frozen dead guy -- The palstic man: preserving our bodies for science and show -- "The culture thing": New Americans, old funeral rites -- Denial is a river: modern mummification in Salt Lake City -- Modern undertaking: not your father's mortuary school -- Orchids and chopsticks: fueral rites in the old country -- Last stop: some thoughts at the end of the tour -- Last will and testament. |
| Subject |
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.
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United States -- Social life and customs.
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| ISBN |
0060766832 |
| Standard No. |
9780060766832 |
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