As well as revising parts of the original text of Death, Ritual and Belief this expanded edition
also includes several significant developments. Particular attention should be drawn to what …

In this paper I build on my previous case-study focused research on memorialization to
develop a thesis for absence-presence evidenced in vernacular memorial artefacts, spaces …

The aim of this study was to provide a better understanding of current memorialization
practices and their influence on grief due to bereavement and to explore ways of improving …

In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis upon public health perspectives that
place palliative care in the context of end-of-life services across whole populations. There is …

We identify and analyse practices and management regimes around burial and handling of
ashes across eight case study towns within six Northern European countries. We analyse …

Written as an advocacy of melancholy's value as part of landscape experience, this book
situates the concept within landscape's aesthetic traditions, and reveals how it is a critical …

Between 200 and 500 people have died every year along the United States-Mexico border
since the late-1990s. The void of responsibility for migrant deaths is exemplified by the lack …

This paper deals with place-making strategies and meaning-making functions in relation to
Swedish cemetery design during the last 100 years. The main subjects for the studies are …

This paper discusses the role of peer support groups for victims of terrorism and the
implications for including this provision in disaster pschosocial planning and response. Peer …

The nature of the ongoing bond maintained by the bereaved with the deceased has
attracted considerable attention, but studies have generally ignored postdeath relationships …