Death, Gender and Ethnicity

by Jenny Hockey and Neil Small

Book Overview

Death, Gender and Ethnicity examines the ways in which gender and ethnicity shape the experiences of dying and bereavement, taking as its focus the diversity of ways through which the universal event of death is encountered. It brings together accounts of how these experiences are actually managed with analyses of a range of representations of dying and grieving in order to provide a more theoretical approach to the relationship between death, gender...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415146798
• ISBN13: 9780415146791
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"