DEATH AND DYING: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION
Book ID/图书代码： 10963006B08826
English Summary/英文概要： This stimulating new book provides a sophisticated introduction to the key issues in the sociology of death and dying.
In recent years, the social sciences have seen an upsurge of interest in death and dying. The fascination with death is reflected in popular media such as newspapers, television documentaries, films and soaps, and, moreover, in the multiplying range of professional roles associated with dying and death. Yet despite its ubiquitous significance, the majority of texts in the field have been written primarily for health professionals. This book breaks with that tradition.
It provides a cutting edge, comprehensive discussion of the key topics in death and dying and in so doing demonstrates that the study of mortality is germane to all areas of sociology. The book is organised thematically, utilising empirical material from cross-national and cross-cultural perspectives. It carefully addresses questions about social attitudes to mortality, the social nature of death and dying, explanations for change and diversity in approaches, and traditional, modern and postmodern experiences of death.
‘Death and Dying’ will appeal to students across the social sciences, as well as professionals whose work brings them into contact with dying or bereaved people.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书内容新颖,语言激进,不落俗套的内容简介叙述了当代社会学的焦点问题—死亡。最近几年社会学研究领域对死亡的研究进入了高潮，大众传播媒介（包括报纸，广播，杂志，电影以及肥皂剧）上到处都充斥着关于死亡的话题。而且，不同领域的专家也聚集起来讨论这个话题。然而，尽管“死亡”这个话题对社会上造成了巨大的影响，
但是很多书对这个话题的研究大多都是为健康专家服务的。而本书打破了这个惯例。本书站在时代的前沿，全面探讨了“死亡”这一社会学焦点问题，向人们证明对死亡的研究不仅仅是医学领域的事情，与社会学也有着密切的联系。本书内容环环相扣，结构紧凑，引用了来自不同文化背景的多个国家的资料。本书概括了人们对死亡的社会态度，对死亡的社会认识的本质，解释了不同态度之间的差异，变化以及不同时期的人（包括古代，现代，后现代）的人类对死亡的不同理解。本书还可以帮助学生了解认识社会学，就象是一个专家带领学生亲自走进将死之人的生活之中。
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About the Author/作者介绍： GLENNYS HOWARTH is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sussex. She was formerly T.H. Marshall Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics, and is the author of Last Rites and editor (with Peter Jupp) of Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Death, Dying and Disposal and The Changing Face of Death. Dr Howarth is also founding editor (with Peter Jupp) of the journal Mortality, the first major international journal of death, dying and bereavement outside the Uniter States.
作者格尼斯 浩瓦斯是苏塞克斯大学的社会学讲师，伦敦经济学院前任会员，同时她也是《最后的仪式》的作者，《死亡人类学科内的当代事件》《死亡和遗弃》《不断变化的死亡之貌》的编辑 ，也是《死亡》期刊的创始编辑，《死亡》期刊是第一家在美国以外成立的研究死亡的国际刊物。
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