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02974aam a2200409 i 4500 001 2938BE5E80FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221221010031 008 210616s2021 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021023944 020 $a 1440869057 020 $a 9781440869051 035 $a (OCoLC)1246283346 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d IVV $d YUS $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GT3203 $b .F88 2021 082 00 $a 393.0973 $2 23 245 04 $a The Future of the corpse : $b changing ecologies of death and disposition / $c Karla Rothstein and Christina Staudt, editors. 264 1 $a Santa Barbara, California : $b Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, $c [2021] 300 $a xxi, 271 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This timely book explains our current death care and body disposition practices in the United States, why they need to change, what some options are, and how innovative practices and those returning to pre-modern methods solve burial space and pollution dilemmas, as well as create more meaningful death care and body disposition"---Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book demonstrates that American society today is in a pivotal period for re-imaging end-of-life care, funerary services, human disposition methods, memorializing, and mourning. The editors and contributors outline the past, present, and future of death care practices, pointing to promising new practices and innovative projects that show how we can better integrate the dying and dead with the living and create positive change that supports sustainable stewardship of our environment. Individual chapters describe prevailing practices and issues in different settings where people die and in postmortem rituals; disposition and current ecologically and, in urban areas, spatially unsustainable methods; law of human remains; customs and trends among key stakeholders, such as cemeteries and funeral directors; and relevant technological advances. The book culminates in a presentation of emerging sustainable disposition technologies and innovative designs for proposed public memorial projects that respond to shifting values, beliefs, and priorities among an increasingly diverse population"---Provided by publisher. 536 $a Purchased with grant funds from the State Library of Iowa and Institute of Museum and Library Services 610 $a ARPA Grant 650 0 $a Dead 650 0 $a Funeral rites and ceremonies $z United States. 650 0 $a Death $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 6 $a Morts. 700 1 $a Rothstein, Karla Maria, $e editor. 700 1 $a Staudt, Christina, $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100318.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20221221010125.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2938BE5E80FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search