The Unknown Country: Death in Australia, Britain and the USA
In a strategy deliberately counter to many earlier texts which focus on social aspects of death and dying this book will not examine death through the social prism of US or British culture alone. Drawing only on material from a single society gives reader
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The Unknown Country: Death in Australia, Britain and the USA Edited by
Kathy Charmaz Sonoma State University USA
Glennys Howarth
University of Sussex England
and
Allan Kellehear La Trobe University Australia
First published in Oreat Britain 1997 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills. Basingstoke. Hampshire R021 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-25595-5 ISBN 978-1-349-25593-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-25593-1 First published in the United States of America 1997 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division. 175 Fifth Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-16545-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The unknown country : death in Australia. Britain. and the USA / edited by Kathy Charmaz. Olennys Howarth. Allan Kellehear. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-16545-1 (cloth) I. Death-Social aspects-Cross-cultural studies. 2. Death-Social aspects-Australia. 3. Death-Social aspects-Great Britain. 4. Death-Social aspects-United States. I. Charmaz. Kathy. 1939- . 11. Howarth. Olennys. III. Kellehear. Allan. 1955HQ1073.U55 1997 306.9-DC20 96-34794 CIP Editorial matter and selection © Kathy Charmaz. Olennys Howarth and Allan Kellehear 1997 Text © Macmillan Press Ltd 1997 Softcover reprint oftlte hardcover 1st edition 1997 All rights reserved. No reproduction. copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced. copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988. or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. 90 Tottenham Court Road. London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99
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Contents Preface
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Notes on the Contributors
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1 Death in the Country of Matilda Allan Kellehear and Ian Anderson
2 Secular, Savage and Solitary:
Death in Australian Painting Lesley Fitzpatrick
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