UA68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 1 – The Sociology of Death

Authors

WKU Sociology

Publication Date

Fall 1968

Abstract

Table of Contents

• Fulton, Robert L. & Gilbert Geis. Social Change & Social Conflict: The Rabbi & the Funeral
• Kane, John J. The Irish Wake: A Sociological Appraisal
• Loveland, Glenn G. The Effects of Bereavement on Certain Religious Attitudes & Behaviors
• Morgan, Al. The Bier Barons
• Porter, William H., Jr. Some Sociological Notes on a Century of Change in the Funeral Business
• Salomone, Jerome J. An Empirical Report on Some Controversial American Funeral Practices
• Spilka, Bernard, Robert J. Pelligrini & Kathryn Dailey. Religion, American Values & Death Perspectives
• Strauss, Anselm L., Barney G. Glaser & Jeanne C. Quint. The Nonaccountability of Terminal Care
• Vernon, Glenn M. Some Questions About the “Inevitable-Death Orientation”
• Helper, Harold R. A Selected Bibliography on the Sociology of Death
• Baali, Fuad. Book Review of Leroy Bowman’s The American Funeral: A Way of Death
• DiBella, Edward. Book Review of Robert Fulton’s Death & Identity
• Miller, James K. Book Review of Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss’ Awareness of Dying
• Furlow, Richard. Book Review of Geoffrey Gorer’s Death, Grief & Mourning
• Wittman, James S. Jr. Book Review of Robert Habenstein & William Lamers’ The History of American Funeral Directing
• Wittman, James S. Jr. Book Review of David Sudnow’s Passing On: The Social Organization of Dying

Disciplines

Anthropology | Catholic Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | European History | Family, Life Course, and Society | History | History of Religion | Jewish Studies | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social History | Sociology | United States History

Recommended Citation

WKU Sociology, "UA68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 1 – The Sociology of Death" (1968). WKU Administration Documents. Paper 4754.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/4754