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The Social Organisation of Death

Medical Discourse and Social Practices in Belfast

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Lindsay Prior

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Death, Disease and the Body

    1. Death, Disease and the Body

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 1-21

  3. Public Discourse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Vocabularies of Causation

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 25-46

    3. Categories of Death

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 47-66

    4. The Pathology of Death

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 67-86

    5. Accounting for Death

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 87-107

  4. Private Discourse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Segregating the Dead

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 111-132

    3. The Social Distribution of Sentiments

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 133-152

    4. The Disposal of Dead Persons

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 153-174

    5. Death, Politics and the Body

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 175-198

    6. Conclusion: Discourses on Death

      • Lindsay Prior
      Pages 199-202

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-230
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About this book

A study of the way in which death is socially organized in the city of Belfast. It analyzes the responses to 415 deaths registered here in 1981, tracing the social, medical, legal, religious and political responses made to those deaths from the time death was pronounced to the time of disposal.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, UK

    Lindsay Prior

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Social Organisation of Death

  • Book Subtitle: Medical Discourse and Social Practices in Belfast

  • Authors: Lindsay Prior

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19918-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Lindsay Prior 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-46435-9Published: 15 May 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19918-1Published: 15 May 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 230

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Sociology, general

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