Parting ways new rituals and celebrations of life's passing /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carson, Denise
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif ; Los Angeles, Calif. : University of California Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination
  • Living funeral: celebrating the end of life
  • Her life review: reliving the past in the present
  • Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes
  • Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals
  • Oral ethical will: video recording last words
  • Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party
  • Vigil: holding hands at the 11th hour
  • Her 21st century memorial service, his 20th century funeral
  • Home funeral: eco-friendly way out
  • Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing
  • The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing
  • Her truth: finding life after death.
  • pt. 1. End-of-life celebrations and pre-death rituals
  • pt. 2. Post-death and memorializing rituals.