Mary Bradbury

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Representations of Death An extraordinary world where the dead are examined, certified, registered, embalmed, viewed and finally cremated or buried is revealed in this ethnographic account of contemporary British mortuary practices. Going behind the scenes, the author explores the interplay between rituals and representations and, in the process, critiques traditional models of grief. Representations of Death makes use of the social psychological theory of social representations and draws upon f…