Death and Social Identity
by
Elizabeth Hallam, Jenny Hockey, Glennys Howarth
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Beyond the Body presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories that put the body at the centre of identity. They go 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body...