Reimagining Death
Reimagining Death

Author: Lucinda Herring

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1623172934

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Honor your loved ones and the earth by choosing practical, spiritual, and eco-friendly after-death care Natural, legal, and innovative after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care for a loved one after death and do so in creative and healing ways. Reimagining Death offers stories and guidance for home funeral vigils, advance after-death care directives, green burials, and conscious dying. When we bring art and beauty, meaningful ritual, and joy to ease our loss and sorrow, we are greening the gateway of death and returning home to ourselves, to the wisdom of our bodies, and to the earth.

Final Placement
Final Placement

Author: Robert B. Dickerson

Publisher: Conran Octopus

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Provides full details of the final hours, the funerals, and the burial places of presidents, politicians, musicians, inventors, authors, explorers, artists of stage and screen, captains of industry, and others, both famous and infamous, who for one reason or another have made a mark upon the national consciousness.

The Consumer's Practical Guide to Funerals, Burials & Cremation
The Consumer's Practical Guide to Funerals, Burials & Cremation

Author: Scott D. Emmert

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9781561678976

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This is an invaluable resource for readers. Through this comprehensive exploration of the death industry, author and funeral director Scott Emmert demystifies the workings of the funeral industry as he guides readers step-by-step through the process of saying goodbye to a loved one. Emmert offers information, practical advice on getting the best value for your money, and recommendations for relieving the stress of making final arrangements for a friend or family member.

Funerals in Africa
Funerals in Africa

Author: Michael Jindra

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0857452061

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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 private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.

Death in New York
Death in New York

Author: K. Krombie

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1439676941

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Like every aspect of life in the Big Apple, how New Yorkers have interacted with death is as diverse as each of the countless individuals who have called the city home. Waves of immigration brought unique burial customs as archaeological excavations uncovered the graves of indigenous Lenape and enslaved Africans. Events such as the 1788 Doctors' Riot--a response to years of body snatching by medical students and physicians--contributed to new laws protecting the deceased. Overcrowding and epidemics led to the construction of the "Cemetery Belt," a wide stretch of multi-faith burial grounds throughout Brooklyn and Queens. From experiments in embalming to capital punishment and the far-reaching industry of handling the dead, author K. Krombie unveils a tapestry of stories centered on death in New York.

The Green Burial Guidebook
The Green Burial Guidebook

Author: Elizabeth Fournier

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2018-04-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1608685241

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Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000. And every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid. There is a better way, and Elizabeth Fournier, affectionately dubbed the “Green Reaper,” walks you through it, step-by-step. She provides comprehensive and compassionate guidance, covering everything from green burial planning and home funeral basics to legal guidelines and outside-the-box options, such as burials at sea. Fournier points the way to green burial practices that consider both the environmental well-being of the planet and the economic well-being of loved ones.