Young People's Perspectives on End-of-Life : Death, Culture and the Everyday

This book challenges adult assumptions that young-people do not, cannot and should not think about death. The author uses everyday material objects in order to facilitate a range of conversations, revealing lively engagement with the topic. Cultural resources, such as literature and film, provide a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Coombs, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesStudies in Childhood and Youth
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319536316
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-53631-6
Physical DescriptionIX, 206 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'It would be Better to talk about Death'
  • 2. Improper or Proper conversations? 'Chatting death stuff'
  • 3. Death: 'It's sexy and stuff'
  • 4. Letting Death out of the Box
  • 5.'All Angels are Massive Pissheads'
  • 6. Conclusion. 'We're OK with Death'.