Overview
- Uniquely brings together two typically disparate fields: the Sociology of Childhood and the Sociology of Death
- Offers a fresh, unique perspective from children with original interviews
- Opens up debate on how to deal with death and to discuss it with young people
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth (SCY)
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About this book
This book challenges adult assumptions that young-people do not, cannot and should not think about death. The author uses everyday material objects in order to facilitate a range of conversations, revealing lively engagement with the topic. Cultural resources, such as literature and film, provide a rich variety of perspectives on and responses to death, whilst equally providing an opportunity to challenge many of these representations as unreal and unauthentic. The book contains personal narratives of loss and memories of loved ones, presenting a variety of encounters with significant deaths, the stories being told in an array of vibrant, amusing and emotive ways. Similarly, death is explored from a variety of religious and scientific frameworks, highlighting rich and changing perspectives. Such shifting and exciting vistas are a largely undiscovered part of young-people's lives and situate them in a landscape not often associated with childhood.
Young-People's Perspectives on End-of-Life will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including Childhood and Youth Studies, Death Studies, Qualitative Research Methodologies, Sociology, Anthropology and Education.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sarah Coombs is Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Suffolk, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Young People's Perspectives on End-of-Life
Book Subtitle: Death, Culture and the Everyday
Authors: Sarah Coombs
Series Title: Studies in Childhood and Youth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53631-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53630-9Published: 28 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85202-7Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53631-6Published: 18 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-6467
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6475
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 206
Topics: Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Family