The New Normal? Ordinary Deaths and Marginalised Mortalities in Extra<i>ordinary</i> Times

Fletcher, Samantha; McGowan, William

doi:10.1080/13576275.2023.2203996

Mortality

2023

DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2023.2203996

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The New Normal? Ordinary Deaths and Marginalised Mortalities in Extraordinary Times

Samantha Fletcher

William McGowan

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Death and Dying

Bray

2024

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

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This entry considers sociological attention to death and dying. It provides a historical overview of early sociological theorizing around the denial of death in the context of urbanization, professionalization, and bureaucratization. It charts how movements such as those around hospice care and natural death resisted the institutional control of death and sought to reclaim agency for dying individuals and their families. Central to agency at the end of life is the issue of a “good death” and what constitutes dying well. The tussle around agency has extended into the landscape of disposition choices and postdeath rituals in contemporary societies. The entry considers key topics of concern, and details the evolution of the interdisciplinary study of death and dying, before surveying the expanding field of death studies with its diverse current concerns and future research directions.

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Death and Dying

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2024

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

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