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Dec 3, 2019 · Instead of reducing their access to end of life process, movement forward should focus on elevating women’s values and acknowledging their labor, a return to the days when care--in the home, of the children, and at the deathbed--was equated with the roles of goddesses.
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...
Jun 23, 2009 · Both cremation and inhumation were employed in the British Early Bronze Age, and the significance of the distinction between these practices has long been a matter of debate. Many authors have argued that the choice of mortuary treatment reflects differences in status.
- Joanna Bruck
- 2009
Jun 19, 2009 · In turn, the apparent gender differences between these mortuary rites - men tended to be inhumed while women were frequently cremated - is seen as indicating that women were of lower status than...
inhumation are practical responses to the reality a dead body represents, but they are radically different approaches; the dichotomy between inhumation and cremations represents an
Due to the high volume of bodies arriving for burial everyday as well as the uniformity of Shia Islamic burial rituals, protocols have developed to implement an efficient division of labour and speed up the process.
Dawson, Santos and Burdick report that the social functions of a funeral include: (1) public recognition that a death has occurred; (2) a framework to provide support to those most affected by the death; and (3) a socially accepted way of body disposal.
