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03203aam a2200469 i 4500 001 CF1AC57AAD8011E7B2CCD40B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171010010142 008 121024s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012036558 020 $a 0415662052 020 $a 9780415662055 020 $a 0415662044 020 $a 9780415662048 035 $a (OCoLC)800035957 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d MUU $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d P4I $d CHVBK $d MNE $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GN486 $b .H68 2013 082 00 $a 393/.9 $2 23 100 1 $a Hoy, William G. $9 792 245 10 $a Do funerals matter? : $b the purposes and practices of death rituals in global perspective / $c William G. Hoy, Baylor University. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, $c 2013. 300 $a xv, 208 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Funerals : where we have been and where we are going -- More treasured than words : the anchor of significant symbols -- Getting everybody together : the anchor of gathered community -- Walk out what you can't talk out : the anchor of ritual action -- Looking back to look forward : the anchor of cultural heritage -- Taking the dead to the party : the anchor of the body's presence -- North American quests to personalize funeral rituals -- The business of funerals -- Clinical perspectives on the value of funerals -- Farther down the road : using ritual in grief counseling. 520 $a "Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy, funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways in which different cultural groups memorialize their dead. They will also find clear clinical and practical applications in the author's exploration of the five ritual anchors of death-related ceremonial practice and help for professionals counseling the bereaved surrounding funerals. Based on nearly three decades of research and teaching on funeral rites, this volume promises to fill an important gap in the cross-cultural literature on bereavement, while answering an important question for our generation: Do funerals matter?"--Publisher's website. 650 0 $a Funeral rites and ceremonies. $9 793 650 0 $a Burial. $9 794 650 0 $a Human remains (Archaeology) $9 795 650 0 $a Death $x Social aspects. $9 796 650 0 $a Group identity. $9 797 650 7 $a Burial. $2 fast $9 794 650 7 $a Death $x Social aspects. $2 fast $9 796 650 7 $a Funeral rites and ceremonies. $2 fast $9 793 650 7 $a Group identity. $2 fast $9 797 650 7 $a Human remains (Archaeology) $2 fast $9 795 650 7 $a Bestattung. $2 gnd $9 798 650 7 $a Ritual. $2 gnd $9 799 650 7 $a Globalisierung. $2 gnd $9 800 941 $a 1 952 $l I6OX771 $d 20220719011212.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CF1AC57AAD8011E7B2CCD40B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search