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Beyond the body — death and social identity
Author(s)	Elizabeth Hallam, Jenny Hockey, Glennys Howarth
Publisher	Routledge, London, 1999
Pages	232 pp
Source	Routledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE.
Keywords	Death ; Dying ; Bereavement ; Attitude ; Theory.
Annotation	Social theories of the body acknowledge the centrality of the body in the formation of social identity, but have paid little attention to the dying and dead body. This volume uses historical and cross-cultural material relating to the organisation of the dying and dead body by health professionals, morticians, coroners, and church courts. Field data and research is presented, including: a study of a local authority residential home for older people; the work of coroners in northern England, western England and London; an ethnographic study of funeral directors in the East End of London; interviews with older people and observations within a residential home; the work of a Christian minister in Yorkshire in 1996; and women practising as spiritualists and clairvoyants in the Midlands. The role of the Church Court is discussed, using material from the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library, Canterbury Archdeaconry and Consistory Court Depositions, 1580-1640. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000817004 B
Classmark	CW: CX: DW: DP: 4D
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