When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of the dead taking place in his time, he had no way o

In this volume, the author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals have evolved into affairs that help the living with the healing

When Evelyn Waugh wrote The Loved One (1948) as a satire of the elaborate preparations and memorialization of the dead taking place in his time, he had no way o

This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil's independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement

Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a privat