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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: evolution of the British funeral industry in the 20th century
    sub title: from undertaker to funeral director
  name:
    name part: Parsons, Brian
    name part: 1965-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: elektronické knihy
  genre: electronic books
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages).
  abstract: 'The Evolution of the British Funeral Industry in the 20th Century' examines the shifts that have taken place in the funeral industry since 1900, focusing on the figure of the undertaker and exploring how organisational change and attempts to gain recognition as a professional service provider saw the role morph into that of 'funeral director'. As the disposal of the dead increased in complexity during the twentieth century, the role of the undertaker/funeral director has mirrored this change. Whilst the undertaker of 1900 primarily encoffined and transported the body, today's funeral director provides other services, such as taking responsibility for the body of the deceased and embalming, and has overseen changes such as the increasing preference for cremation, the impact of technology on the production of coffins and the shift to motorised transport. These factors, together with the problem of succession for some family-run funeral businesses, have led large organisations to make acquisitions and manage funerals on a centralised basis, achieving economies of scale. This book examines how the occupation has sought to reposition itself and how the 'funeral director' has become an essential functionary in funerary practices. However, despite striving for new-found status the role is hindered by two key issues: the stigma of handling the dead, and the perception of making a profit from loss.
  note: Brian Parsons.
  note: Includes index.
  note: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Undertakers and undertaking
    geographic: Great Britain
    topic: History
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Death
    geographic: Great Britain
    topic: Social services
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Social Science, Death & Dying
  subject:
    topic: Funeral services
  classification: 338.47363750973
  classification: 67
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Emerald studies in death and culture
  identifier: 9781787436299
  identifier: 9781787436725
  identifier: https://proxy.k.utb.cz/login
  access condition: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty
  record info:
    record content source: UtOrBLW
    record creation date: 180416
    record change date: 20180416090853.0
    record identifier: em-9781787436299
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng