The Death Café Movement : Exploring the Horizons of Mortality

• Main Author: Fong, Jack (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural studies.; Sociology.; Social sciences > Philosophy.; Social medicine.; Human body > Social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319542560
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54256-0
• Physical Description: XXIII, 284 p. 59 illus. online resource.

This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Café, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks of life who engage in "death talk" over coffee, tea, and desserts. Using insightful theoretical frameworks, Fong explores the common themes that constitute a "death identi...