Shifts in Ritual Response to Loss due to Death: An Assessment of Funeral Service Mourning Trends over Time

Bereavement, while universal, is experienced and expressed uniquely; it is both ultimate and particular. As the predominant social expression of grief, funerals are purported to be waning and/or transitioning to emergent, less conventional ceremonial forms. In this research, the possible salutary ut...

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Main Author: Childress, Lawrence D
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2015
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2613
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3997&context=etd