From here to eternity : traveling the world to find the good death
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Blair, Landis, Illustrator
Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
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Central - Adult Large Type
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format
Large Type
Physical Desc
295 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291).
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Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty set out to discover how other cultures care for the dead. In rural Indonesia, she watches a man clean and dress his grandfather's mummified body, which has resided in the family home for two years. In La Paz, she meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-smoking, wish-granting human skulls), and in Tokyo she encounters the Japanese kotsuage ceremony, in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved-ones' bones from cremation ashes. Doughty vividly describes decomposed bodies and investigates the world's funerary history. She introduces deathcare innovators researching body composting and green burial, and examines how varied traditions, from Mexico's Días de los Muertos to Zoroastrian sky burial help us see our own death customs in a new light. Doughty contends that the American funeral industry sells a particular -- and, upon close inspection, peculiar -- set of 'respectful' rites: bodies are whisked to a mortuary, pumped full of chemicals, and entombed in concrete. She argues that our expensive, impersonal system fosters a corrosive fear of death that hinders our ability to cope and mourn. By comparing customs, she demonstrates that mourners everywhere respond best when they help care for the deceased, and have space to participate in the process. Illustrated by artist Landis Blair, From Here to Eternity is an adventure into the morbid unknown, a story about the many fascinating ways people everywhere have confronted the very human challenge of mortality.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Doughty, C., & Blair, L. (2018). From here to eternity: traveling the world to find the good death . Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Doughty, Caitlin and Landis, Blair. 2018. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Doughty, Caitlin and Landis, Blair. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Doughty, Caitlin,, and Landis Blair. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.

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