Death.Gender.and.Ethnicity ISBN:041514678X

Back Cover Information: Though death and dying have been an increasingly important focus for academics and clinicians over the last thirty years, much of this work provides little insight into the impact of gender and ethnicity on the experience. Death, Gender and Ethnicity examines the ways in which gender and ethnicity shape the experiences of dying and bereavement, focusing on the many ways through which the universal event of death is encountered. It collects accounts of how these experiences are actually managed with analyses of a range of representations of dying and grieving in order to provide a more theoretical approach to the relationship between death, gender and ethnicity. Drawing on a range of detailed case studies, Death, Gender and Ethnicity develops a sensitive theoretical approach which will be invaluable reading for students and practitioners in health studies, sociology, social work and medical anthropology. Death Gender and Ethnicity