Mira Menzfeld

Anthropology of Dying

A Participant Observation with Dying Persons in Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

Mira Menzfeld explores dying persons' experiences of their own dying processes. She reveals cultural specificities of pre-exital dying in contemporary Germany, paying special attention to how concepts of dying '(un)well' are perceived and realized by dying persons. Her methodological focus centers on classical ethnographic approaches: Close participant observation as well as informal and semi-structured conversations. For a better understanding of the specificities of dying in contemporary Germany, the author provides a refined definition catalogue of adequate terms to describe dying from an anthropological perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden / Springer VS / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-658-19825-1
• 1st ed. 2018
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9783658198251
• ISBN-10: 3658198257
• Artikelnr.: 49114043

Autorenporträt

Mira Menzfeld worked as a cultural anthropologist, journalist, and advertising editor. She is currently researching Salafits in Europe and voluntarily attending dying persons.

Inhaltsangabe

First Experiences as a Dying Person.- Cultural Models of Dying.- How it Feels to Be a Dying Person.- Dying as Liminality in the Making.- Insights from and for Dying.