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Paul Fitzpatrick
This thought-provoking and well researched edited collection, stemming from the symposium on The Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement (2006), focuses on the spaces, places and material culture with which people come into contact when dealing with death. It encompasses the disciplinary perspectives of anthropology, history, psychology, sociology and theology. Its research base encompasses both the spaces in hospitals where death occurs and the spaces in which bodies are viewed or encountered after death. The work considers the political nature of memorialising activities, and the therapeutic and social value of visiting or engaging with places of death, including those related to difficult and conflicted deaths, for example, suicide. The various chapters present arguments from a large number of recent UK-based and international projects that examine various forms of death, dying and bereavement, providing insight into the different ways in which dying and bereaved people interact with the environment around them.
