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dc.contributor.authorTurner, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorCaswell, Glenys
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T21:00:01Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T21:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-16
dc.identifier.citationTurner , N & Caswell , G 2020 , ' A relative absence: exploring professional experiences of funerals without mourners ' , Omega , vol. 2020 , 0030222820959960 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820959960
dc.identifier.issn0305-0483
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 22594317
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85091137558
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/23662
dc.description.abstractWhen someone dies, it is usual for relatives to gather at a funeral to embody a collective act of eulogy for the deceased and stand against the finality of death. When someone who lived alone dies alone at home, it is not always possible to identify anyone to attend a funeral. In such cases, funeral professionals are required to perform the appropriate social rites in the absence of the confirmatory power of a society. Drawing on interviews with funeral professionals and ethnographic observations of funerals without mourners, we explore how professionals understand their roles in performing social rites against death when there is no one to participate in them. We consider the impact of attempting to make good a death generally perceived as bad, and we examine the significance of funerals as a social rite when the deceased is assumed to have forgone social relationships during their lifetime. en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofOmega
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dc.subjectdying alone
dc.subjectemotional labour
dc.subjecteulogy
dc.subjectfuneral
dc.subjectmourners
dc.subjectHealth(social science)
dc.subjectCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
dc.subjectLife-span and Life-course Studies
dc.titleA relative absence: exploring professional experiences of funerals without mournersen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Health and Social Work
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Public Health and Community Care
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2022-03-16
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dc.relation.schoolSchool of Health and Social Work
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dcterms.dateAccepted2020-09-16
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