Book
Remember me : a lively tour of the new American way of death / Lisa Takeuchi Cullen.
Record details
- ISBN: 0060766840
- ISBN: 9780060766849 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xviii, 218 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Collins pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Collins, 2007, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The dead beat: a reporter's challenge: finding the fun in funerals -- Four funerals and a wedding : five takes on celebrating -- Confessions of a funeral planner: the case of the tragic dove release and more modern-day mishaps -- Biodegradable you: "grene" burials, the next big thing in cemetery trends -- Ashes to ashes, dust to diamonds: how to turn your loved one into jewelry, and why -- As near to heaven by sea as by land: Two ways to sleep with the fishes -- Outside the box: "Fantastic afterlife vehicles" and other cool containers for corpses -- Disney on ice: a town celebrates its frozen dead guy -- The plastic man: preserving our bodies for science and show -- "The culture thing": New Americans, old funeral rites -- Denial is a river: modern mummification in Salt Lake City -- Modern undertaking: not your father's mortuary school -- Orchids and chopsticks: fueral rites in the old country -- Last stop: some thoughts at the end of the tour -- Last will and testament. |
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| Subject: | Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States. Death care industry. United States > Social life and customs. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | 393.9 CULLEN | 39851000990854 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |