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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The human mind categorizes instinctively; death resists classification and thus provokes anxiety in everyone.
Chapter 3: The idea of a “good death” is ancient, but dying well still requires time and careful preparation today.
Chapter 4: In the nineteenth century, death lost its sanctity as bodies were exploited for profit and education.
Chapter 5: Modern medicine blurs the boundary between life and death, spawning complex new ethical dilemmas.
Chapter 6: Certain cultures consumed their dead as part of mourning, implying we might deepen our connection to the deceased today.
Chapter 7: Victorian England’s memento mori photography reveals grief’s importance and the enduring ambiguity surrounding death for mourners.
Chapter 8: New memorial trends feature life reenactment funerals and Facebook memorial pages.
Description
Death’s Summer Coat (2016) is a peculiar and sometimes gruesome look at the history of a subject we don’t like to think about: death. Learn about how death rituals and the medical profession affect our relationship with the deceased – and that defining death isn’t as easy as one might think.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone mourning the loss of a loved one
- Historians interested in rituals of death and funerals
- Morticians and medical professionals who have to deal with death on a daily basis