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Vigor Mortis: From Fear to Fashion - Discarding the Death Taboo
Book by Berridge, Kate
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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August 17, 2023
Enjoyed it a lot. Shame it is twenty years out of date.
May 11, 2015
Fascinating look at death and its place in current culture and how it's changed from being something that was seen (wakes, mourning clothes, the graveyard shortages in the UK) to being something that is swept under the carpet and not discussed to events like Diana's death and the public mourning that followed. Plus the changes from the church to the secular/eco-burial.
Thought-provoking and the further reading section is full of further books I'll be looking at.
Thought-provoking and the further reading section is full of further books I'll be looking at.
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